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Kryvyi Rih mall strike: 16 dead as Saturday rescue continues; allies condemn
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One person was killed, the local governor said. In an update later on Saturday, Hanzha said that 52 injured people, including 14 children, were still in city hospitals. In the western Belgorod region two people were killed and 13 injured in Ukrainian air strikes and shelling, acting Governor Alkesandr Shuvaev said. He said one person was killed and another injured after ballistic missile strikes damaged railway infrastructure in the capital Kyiv, while three people were injured by a "brutal" drone strike on a city minibus in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia. She said the attack caused parts of the ceiling to collapse in a parking garage where some shoppers and staff had sought shelter during an air-raid alert, and that a car was blocking the entrance, forcing people to climb over metal barriers.
Share Share Search-and-rescue operations continued at the site of a devastating Russian drone attack on a shopping mall in the Ukrainian city of Kryviy Rih, as Russia continues to launch strikes across Ukraine. Two Russian jet-powered drones struck the largest shopping mall in the south-central city on the afternoon on August 21, as many residents were out shopping at the end of the work week. The attack killed at least 16, leaving more than 130 others injured, including 23 children, some of whom are in critical condition. A day later, four people remained unaccounted for. No media source currently available "There was smoke. Everyone was shouting," Yuliana, a mall employee, recalled of the
EN EN In brief: Nine people, including two children, remain missing after Russia’s strike on a Kryvyi Rih mall that killed at least 16 and injured 130. Nine people, including two children, remained missing early Saturday as rescuers dug through the wreckage of a Kryvyi Rih shopping mall struck twice by Russian drones, an attack that has killed at least 16 people and injured 130. Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, said search-and-rescue teams were continuing to dismantle the ruins of the shopping center through the night. Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official . “At this moment in Kryvyi Rih, nine people are considered missing. Amo
Rescuers in Ukraine are continuing their search for survivors in the wreckage of a big shopping centre hit by Russia on Friday. Sixteen people were killed and 130 injured when two drones hit the busy centre in Kryvyi Rih in quick succession in what is known as a double-tap strike. Four people are still missing. The search and rescue operation could last for another two days. President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the "cynical and despicable" attack in which the second drone targeted emergency workers. The sides exchanged more fire overnight, with Ukrainian attacks said to have killed at least four people in Russia, including two children, and three people reported dead by Kyiv as a result of
What's confirmed
- In a post on Telegram on Saturday, the governor of Russia’s Samara region, Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, said that an elderly woman had been killed in a strike on the city of Novokuibyshevsk, which he said caused damage…
- Ukraine's military said it had struck an oil refinery in Russia's Samara region overnight, causing a fire to break out.
- Ozon, Russia’s second-largest online retailer, said in a statement on Telegram that work at its Samara region logistics centre in the town of Chapayevsk had been halted after the strike, which it said caused injuries.
- Another attack on the Kyiv region on Saturday afternoon killed two others, officials said.
- She said the attack caused parts of the ceiling to collapse in a parking garage where some shoppers and staff had sought shelter during an air-raid alert, and that a car was blocking the entrance, forcing people to…
- One person was killed, the local governor said.
- Twenty-nine of the injured, including five children, were reported in serious condition.
- In an update later on Saturday, Hanzha said that 52 injured people, including 14 children, were still in city hospitals.
What's still developing
- Further court action and how much of the order can take effect remain open.
Sources
- Al Jazeera — Saturday rescue at Sunny Gallery; Hanzha toll; Wadephul and Macron responses link
- RFE/RL — Saturday search-and-rescue continuation; 16 dead / 130+ wounded; four still unaccounted in one update link
- Kyiv Post — Early Saturday missing update (nine people, including two children) link
- Reuters — Initial Kryvyi Rih shopping-centre strike casualties and Zelenskyy comments link
- BBC News — Rescue updates and regional toll (Hanzha / Vilkul) link