Rescue operations completed in Kryvyi Rih: death toll rises again City headquarters and utility workers continue to work on the ground

The head of the Kryvyi Rih Defense Council, Oleksandr Vilkul, noted that rescue operations have been completed at all sites of Russian attacks in Kryvyi Rih. The official added that city headquarters and utility workers continue to work on the ground. Unfortunately, 19 people have been confirmed dead, including 9 children. 74 people were injured. 40 people are currently in hospitals. Of these, two children, aged 5 and 8, were taken to Dnipro, to the Mechnikov Hospital in extremely serious condition.

Of the injured in Kryvyi Rih hospitals, 17 people are in serious condition, including 2 children. Doctors are fighting for their lives and providing all necessary assistance.

In addition, 34 apartment buildings, 6 educational institutions, shops, business and infrastructure facilities, cars, a destroyed private house were damaged in Kryvyi Rih. Some houses have no electricity or gas supply – restoration work is underway.

“There is a lot of damage – the data is still being clarified. The elimination of the consequences continued all night. All operational and utility services were involved. The fires that arose were extinguished. By 02:45 the emergency and rescue operation was completed, but utility workers continued to work all night,” Vilkul noted.

On the evening of April 4, Russian troops struck Kryvyi Rih. Russia’s almost daily strikes on Kryvyi Rih cannot be viewed otherwise than the personal terror of the Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin against the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyі, believes political scientist Oleksiy Kopytko. According to him, such strikes have no military goals. The goal is one – to personally break Zelensky, because this is his hometown, the expert added. “The murder of children on the playground is a war crime and terrorism on the part of Russia, it is impossible to assess it in any other way,” Kopytko emphasized.