Russia attacks Kryvyy Rih with ballistic missiles: number of victims increases (update)

As of 6 April, according to the head of the region, the number of people injured in the missile attack on Kryvyy Rih has risen to 74. Thirty-seven people remain in hospital, including five children. The death toll is 20, including 9 children. 

Almost half of the victims were hospitalised, 17 of them in serious condition. The doctors are constantly on hand to do their best to save their lives. All the injured civilians are undergoing outpatient treatment.

On 4 April, Russians attacked Kryvyy Rih with ballistic missiles. By this morning, the number of victims had risen to 18. Nine of them were children. According to updated data from the Office of the Prosecutor General, another 61 people were injured. Among them, 12 are children.

This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration Serhiy Lysak.

Update. Mayor Oleksandr Vilkul said that Russia had hit the centre of a residential neighbourhood with a ballistic missile. There are 16 dead and more than 40 wounded.

There are 6 children among the victims, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. There was a children's playground near the site of the hit, the city authorities said.

Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Centre for Countering Disinformation, said it was a Russian cluster ballistic missile, previously an Iskander. 

‘This is a deliberate strike to kill a large number of people,’ Kovalenko said.

The head of the RMA said that many of the victims were in surgery. It is currently known that more than three dozen people have been taken to medical facilities.

‘There are children among those injured. The youngest is 3 months old. The boy has cut wounds. He has been treated,’ added Lysak.

The shelling caused fires in the city. Lysak said that about two dozen high-rise buildings, more than thirty cars, educational and catering facilities were damaged.

‘All emergency services are at the scene. Psychologists are working with people. A humanitarian headquarters has been deployed,’ the head of the region added.

The rescue operation in the town continues.

• On 2 April, Russians also attacked the town with ballistic missiles. The shelling killed people and injured nearly two dozen.
• On 29 March, there was also a missile attack on Kryvyy Rih.