Number of injured in Kryvyi Rih rises to 72

The number of people injured as a result of a Russian missile attack on the police administrative building in the city of Kryvyi Rih carried out on the morning of 8 September has risen to 72, and 1 more person has died.

Source: Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the Defence Council of Kryvyi Rih; the Patrol Police of Ukraine

Quote: "As a result of a strike on an administrative building, one person, a young man, has died, and 72 people – this is a final number – have been injured. Thirty-five are in hospital, three of them in critical condition. The overall diagnosis is multiple shrapnel wounds and thermal burns. Everyone has received necessary medical treatment."

Details: Vilkul reported that the homes of over 5,000 residents of Kryvyi Rih were damaged – over 80 houses, out of them 23 are private homes, others are apartment buildings.

A headquarters located near the arts school on Tserkovna Street, 2 operates in the city to help the victims.

The Patrol Police have posted a video of the first few minutes after the morning strike.

Background:

• On the morning of 8 September, a Russian missile destroyed one of the administrative buildings of the police in Kryvyi Rih. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reported about nine injured officers.
• According to the preliminary reports of the Air Force of Ukraine, the Russians struck Kryvyi Rih with an Iskander missile.

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