Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky strongly condemned Russia for these strikes in his hometown, which he called cynical and despicable.
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„The Russians carried out an absolutely cynical and despicable strike on a simple shopping center in the city of Kryvyi Rih,“ he wrote on the social network X
V. Zelensky described this attack as a „double strike“, when the first wave of drones was sent first, and the second when rescuers began rescue operations.
„Such attacks are nothing but acts of terror,“ V. Zelensky wrote.
The head of the local defense council, Oleksandr Vilkul, reported that 14 people were killed, adding that another 121 people were injured, including 22 children among the injured.
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He added that the rescue operation is still ongoing.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Minister of Internal Affairs, Ivan Vyhivskyi, reported that in a separate strike in the Mykolaiv region, four people were killed, including three children.
Kryvyi Rih has suffered Russian attacks multiple times throughout the war. The industrial city is about 60 km from the front line.
In recent months, Russia has intensified the bombing of Ukrainian cities, and the United Nations reports that the number of civilian casualties in 2026 has risen to the highest level since the early months of the war.
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