UPDATE 2 - 5 killed, 64 injured due to Russian missile strike in Ukraine’s Kryvyi Rih city

CHANGES HEADLINE, LEDE; UPDATES WITH STATEMENT BY DNIPROPETROVSK GOVERNOR

By Burc Eruygur

ISTANBUL (AA) - At least five people were killed and 64 others injured on Monday due to a Russian missile strike on the city of Kryvyi Rih in southeastern Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region.

In a statement on Telegram, Dnipropetrovsk Governor Serhiy Lysak said five people, including a child, were killed and 64 others injured in the attack. “Most of the wounded will be treated at home. But more than 20 remain in hospitals,” Lysak added.

In an earlier statement, Lysak said that two were killed and 31 were injured due to the missile strikes, adding that four children were among those injured.

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s General Prosecutor’s Office earlier reported that two people were killed and 25 injured due to a missile strike hitting a high-rise building and an educational institution.

“According to the investigation, on July 31, 2023, the Russian military launched a missile attack on the city of Kryvyi Rih. Enemy rockets hit a high-rise building and an educational institution. According to preliminary data, two people died, and 25 were injured,” the statement said.

Four children were among the victims of the missile strike, the statement said, adding that search and rescue operations are ongoing and the exact number of victims is being established.

“In recent days, the enemy has been stubbornly attacking cities, city centers, shelling civilian objects and housing. But this terror will not frighten us or break us. We are working and saving our people,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Telegram.

Russian officials have not yet commented on the strikes.