51 wounded remain hospitalized after Russian strike on Kryvyi Rih mall
Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, released footage from the Soniiachna Halereia shopping mall following the Russian attack on Aug. 21. The video was released on Aug. 23.
On August 21, a Russian strike on the Kryvyi Rih mall left 51 individuals wounded and hospitalized, among them 14 children, with six in critical condition. The attack, carried out by Russian forces, resulted in 16 fatalities and 140 injuries. Ukrainian Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi revealed on August 22 that the director of one of the shopping center's supermarkets was formally accused of a crime, despite the center's management being warned to cease operations during air raid alerts.
The site continued to function, leading to the deaths of many victims found on the premises. Andriy Kovalenko, head of Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation, stated that Russia is escalating the level of terror, urging people and authorities in regions outside the frontline to reconsider their security measures.
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