Russia launched a missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Krivyi Rig (Кривий Ріг) today. There are dead, there are also people under the rubble of destroyed buildings.
One rocket hit a 9-storey residential building, destroyed 5 floors (section from 4th to 9th floor). There was a fire.
Another rocket got into a four-story building of a student hostel. There are also people under the rubble.
There is also a hit in the educational building of the university.
Rescuers and police work.
Let me remind you that the Russian-Ukrainian war has been going on for 17 months. Russia attacked Ukraine, seeking to seize territories. About half a million people have already died, if you count the losses on both sides. Suffering setbacks at the front and not having the strength to defeat the Ukrainian army, the Russians stubbornly hit the cities, the centers of Ukrainian cities. Shelling civilian objects and housing. But this terror will not frighten or break us.
Russia probably attacked Krivyi Rig using ballistic missiles that are very difficult to intercept even with the best air defense systems like the Patriot. Why use ballistics in the city center? To destroy residential buildings and kill civilians.
This will in no way help Russia win the war, but it shows the entire world the barbaric face of the Putin regime for the hundred thousandth time.
Now it is known about 53 wounded and 5 dead, but the search for people under the rubble continues.
Mother and daughter who were killed today by Russians in Kryvyi Rig.
✍ Bogdan Karasiov, July 31, 2023.