Russian strike kills two, injures seven in Kremenchuk, officials say
Russian missiles hit a residential area and a business in Kremenchuk on Wednesday, killing two people and injuring seven, local officials said.
Incidents in this story
- Kremenchuk · Wednesday: Missile hits private house, killing 72-year-old woman (1 killed)
- Kremenchuk · Wednesday: Man born 1986 killed, multi-storey blocks damaged (1 killed, 7 injured)
Russian missiles struck a residential area in Kremenchuk, in Ukraine's Poltava region, on Wednesday, killing two people and injuring seven, regional military administration head Vitaliy Diakivnych said. A rescue operation was under way, he said.
Kremenchuk mayor Vitaliy Maletskyi said one of the dead was a 72-year-old woman, killed when a private house on Khorolska Street was hit. The other victim was a man born in 1986, he said, without giving further details.
A group of multi-storey apartment blocks suffered major damage in the attack, along with several private houses, Maletskyi said. Windows were blown out, building facades and structural elements were damaged, and cars nearby were wrecked, he said, describing it as one of the most extensive attacks on housing in Kremenchuk since the full-scale invasion began.
Russian forces also hit a business in the Kremenchuk district, Diakivnych said. Medics were treating everyone who needed help, and city and municipal services were working to record the damage and assist residents, Maletskyi said, according to UNIAN.
The strike on Kremenchuk was part of a wider wave of Russian missile, drone and ballistic attacks across Ukraine on Wednesday, which also hit Kyiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia and Pryluky, UNIAN reported. The same wave hit an industrial facility in Dnipro and a transport infrastructure site in Zaporizhzhia, according to UNIAN.
In Kyiv, UNIAN reported that the first wave of strikes hit a non-residential area in the Obolon district, warehouses in Podil, and open ground in the Darnytskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts, before a later strike hit a garage complex in Darnytskyi where two people died.
What we know
- Two people were killed and seven injured when Russian missiles hit a residential area in Kremenchuk, regional officials said.
- One victim was a 72-year-old woman killed when a private house on Khorolska Street was hit, mayor Vitaliy Maletskyi said.
- A group of multi-storey apartment blocks and several private houses suffered major damage, Maletskyi said.
- Russian forces also hit a business in the Kremenchuk district, regional military chief Vitaliy Diakivnych said.
- The strike was part of a wider wave that also hit Kyiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia and Pryluky the same day, UNIAN reported.
Why it matters for Europe
Wednesday's attack adds to a wave of strikes on Ukrainian cities well away from the front line, hitting homes and infrastructure in several regions at once. Kremenchuk's mayor said the damage to housing was among the most extensive the city had suffered since Russia's full-scale invasion began, underlining the scale of Wednesday's bombardment beyond the capital.
The same morning's strikes on Kyiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia and Pryluky show how Russia is spreading its attacks across several Ukrainian regions at once rather than concentrating them on the capital alone, adding to the strain on emergency services nationwide.
Sources
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- Censor.net: Strike on residential area in Kremenchuk: two dead, seven wounded. High-rise buildings damaged (updated). PHOTOS
- 24 Kanal: Терористичний удар по житлових кварталах: у Кременчуку є жертви та постраждалі
- UNIAN: Масований удар РФ по Кременчуку: у місті - масштабні руйнування, є загиблі
- 24 Kanal: У місці, де вирувало життя, тепер лише руїни: моторошні кадри з Кременчука після атаки
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Questions and answers
- How many people were killed in Kremenchuk?
- Two people died and seven were injured, regional officials said.
- Who were the victims?
- One was a 72-year-old woman killed when her private house was hit; the other was a man born in 1986, mayor Vitaliy Maletskyi said.
- Was Kremenchuk the only city hit?
- No. The strike was part of a wider wave that also hit Kyiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia and Pryluky on Wednesday, UNIAN reported.
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