A Russian missile shot left at least 12 dead in Kryvyi Rig – Liberation

A Russian missile shot on Kryvyi Rig, the hometown of Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, made at least 12 dead and fifty injured this Friday, April 4, the authorities announced. “These cursed Moscows struck the center of a residential area with a ballistic missile. Currently, there are already 12 dead and more than 50 injured ”, wrote on Telegram Oleksandr Vilkoul, the head of the local military administration.

For his part, Serguii Lyssak, the head of the administration of the Dnipropetrovsk region, in the center of Ukraine, where Kryvyi Rig is, confirmed a provisional assessment of 12 dead and specified that three children were one of the people killed. « The number of injured continues to increase », said Lyssak, adding that the strike had triggered fires and damaged buildings.

This strike made Volodymyr Zelensky react on Friday evening. “Each missile and drone attack proves that Russia only wants war. And only international pressure on Russia, and all possible efforts to strengthen Ukraine, our air defense and our armed forces, will make it possible to determine when the war will end ”, posted the Ukrainian president on Telegram.

Located about 80 kilometers from the front line, Kryvyi Rig The target of air attacks is regularly Since the start of the Russian invasion in February 2022. About 600,000 people lived there before the start of the war. On Wednesday, four people were killed there and 14 others injured by another Russian missile shot. At the beginning of March, a similar shot had hit a town hall, causing the death of two people and wounding seven others.