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Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih kills at least 3, injures 3, including children.
Editor's Note: This is a developing story and is being updated.
A Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast killed at least three people and injured three others, Oleksandr Vilkul, the city's military administration head, reported the morning of Sept. 21.
Children are included among the casualties, Vilkul said. One of the victims was an elderly woman who died in an ambulance on the way to the hospital. There may still be more victims under the rubble.
A Russian missile struck a residential neighborhood in Kryvyi Rih, Vilkul reported. About an hour earlier, the Air Force warned that a ballistic missile was likely headed for the city.
Emergency services are at work on the scene, and rescuers are continuing to search the amid rubble. The full consequences of the attack are currently being investigated.
Kryvyi Rih, with a population of around 660,000, is the second most populous city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast . It has suffered multiple deadly attacks by Russian forces since the outbreak of the full-scale war.
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