At least 14 people were killed and more than 120 wounded, including 22 children, in two Russian strikes on a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih, according to N12. The governor of the region said 29 of the wounded are in serious condition, including five children. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky alleged the second drone struck about half an hour after the first, deliberately targeting emergency crews, and called the attack a 'terror act.'
Earlier this evening (Friday), The Zioneer reported that the death toll from a Russian strike on a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih had risen to 14. In a subsequent update, N12 and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attack consisted of two blows: the first struck the commercial center, and a second drone hit the same location approximately 30 minutes later. Zelensky claimed that the second strike was deliberately timed to target emergency crews responding to the first, calling it a "terror act."
The regional governor of Dnipropetrovsk stated that 29 of the wounded are in serious condition, including five children. The total number of wounded exceeds 120, among them 22 children.
The attack is part of an ongoing pattern of Russian aerial assaults on populated Ukrainian centers. As The Zioneer reported on July 30, an overnight Russian attack on Kryvyi Rih killed at least 13 people, including two young girls. More recently, on August 20, Russian strikes on Kyiv killed at least 12 people.
Zelensky's allegation that the second drone was intentionally aimed at rescuers has not been independently verified, and no immediate comment was available from Russian officials.
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