Strike on Kryvyi Rih: 9 people, including two children, are missing
In Kryvyi Rih, nine people are currently believed to be missing following a Russian strike on a shopping centre. Among them are two children.
According to Censor.NET, this was reported by the head of the regional military administration, Oleksandr Hanzha.
Rescue workers are continuing to clear the rubble of the shopping centre, which was devastated by the Russian attack, and to carry out search and rescue operations.
Condition of the injured
According to the head of the Regional Military Administration, 63 people remain in hospital. They have shrapnel wounds, head injuries and burns.
"Twenty-nine are in a ‘serious’ condition, five of whom are children. A 16-year-old girl has been transferred to a regional hospital in Dnipro. She is currently in the operating theatre," said Hanzha.
What led up to this?
On 21 August, Russian forces struck a civilian shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih. Attack drones carried out the strike in two waves.
Sixteen people were killed and a further 130 were injured.
