Russian attack on Kryvyi Rih: details about people injured and killed by strike – photos

Russian forces launched a ballistic missile on the city of Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the evening of 4 April, killing 18 people, including nine children. A total of 61 people were injured in the strike, among them 12 children. Serhii Lysak, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, has reported that the youngest wounded child is just three months old.

Source: Ukrainska Pravda.Zhyttia (Life) Details: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has noted that nine children had been killed in the missile attack.

Among the children killed was three-year-old Tymofii. Efforts were made to save him, but he died in hospital on 5 April.

At the time of the explosion, he had been walking home from the playground with his grandmother. His mother, Valeriia, described him as full of energy and fascinated by space.

Three-year-old Tymofii.
Photo: Svoi. Kryvyi Rih, a local Telegram channel

Seven-year-old Radyslav was also killed in the Russian attack.

According to Svoi. Kryvyi Rih, a local Telegram channel, the boy and his family were in a car on their way home when the missile struck. Radyslav had been sitting behind his father, Rodion, and the entire force of the blast hit the child.

The boy died. Radyslav's father is currently in hospital with a concussion, multiple injuries and eye damage. His mother, Anna, and his eight-month-old sister, Adelina, were also wounded.

The baby was cut by debris. Both will receive treatment at home. Their grandmother, who was also in the car, was taken to hospital.

Seven-year-old RadyslavPhoto: NA ChASI: Kryvyi Rih, a local Telegram channel

The Russian attack also took the lives of several other children:

Seven-year-old second-grader Arina was outside with her grandfather when the missile struck. He was also killed; Nine-year-old Herman;

Fifteen-year-old Danylo, a ninth-grade student; Fifteen-year-old Mykyta; Fifteen-year-old Alina, also in the ninth grade;

Sixteen-year-old Kostiantyn; Seventeen-year-old Nikita.

Alina KutsenkoPhoto: NA ChASI: Kryvyi Rih

Arina SamodinaPhoto: NA ChASI: Kryvyi Rih

Danylo NikitskyiPhoto: NA ChASI: Kryvyi Rih

"These children were killed by a Russian ballistic missile strike on Kryvyi Rih. It was only a few minutes after the launch from the Taganrog area in enemy territory.

Sadly, nine adults were also killed. My condolences to all the families and friends," Zelenskyy wrote on Instagram. Daria Onina was also killed in the attack.

The young lady would have turned 23 years old in three weeks.

Daria OninaPhoto: NA ChASI: Kryvyi Rih

The Russian missile also took the life of 50-year-old Vita Holovko. Her 8-year-old son Matvii is currently in intensive care. Doctors assess his condition as serious but stable.

The boy has a sister, Anastasiia.

Vita Holovko was killed in the attack, her son is in hospitalPhoto: Svoi. Kryvyi Rih

A four-year-old boy is also in hospital with injuries to all his abdominal organs. Doctors are preparing to operate and his condition remains critical.

Shortly after the first attack, Russian forces launched another onslaught on the city. A Shahed loitering munition struck a house where an elderly woman lived. According to Svoi.

Kryvyi Rih, she had taken shelter in the basement, but her chances of survival were slim as a massive fire engulfed the building. "Updated information suggests that one of the deceased woman's sons is a soldier, currently studying abroad. Windows and glass panes were blown out of nearby houses and walls were partially destroyed," Svoi.

Kryvyi Rih said.

Kryvyi Rih will observe days of mourning for the people killed in the Russian attack from Monday to Wednesday, 7 to 9 April.

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