Russians hit the centre of Vinnytsia with rockets, there are fatalities and casualties
OLENA ROSHCHINA, ROMAN PETRENKO — THURSDAY, 14 JULY 2022, 10:55
In Vinnytsia, explosions and fires occurred as a result of a Russian missile strike on the city centre; 20 are dead and 25 wounded people.
Source: correspondent of Ukrainska Pravda; local residents on Telegram channels; Serhii Borzov, head of Vinnytsia Oblast State Administration (Oblast Military Administration); National Police of Ukraine
Details: According to various sources, there were either 2, 3, or 4 explosions.
A missile hit the area of the city centre, smoke is rising over the city.
Head of Vinnytsia Oblast Serhii Borzov confirmed at 11:20: "We have had a missile ‘arrival’ in Vinnytsia."
4 missiles have been shot down over the oblast by air defence forces, he added.
The head of the National Police of Ukraine, Ihor Klymenko, reported preliminary information: "3 Russian rockets hit a building with office premises. The Officers' House and nearby residential buildings have also been damaged."
It is currently known that 6 are injured and 20 were killed, including a small child.
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A fire broke out at the site of the strike, and spread to a parking lot, where about 50 cars are now burning. Firefighters are working to extinguish the fire.
Klymenko sent a specialised investigative and operational group of the Main Investigative Department of the National Police and a forensic laboratory to Vinnytsia.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also reacted to the rocket attacks on Vinnytsia and has shared a video of the consequences.
As of 10:24, an air-raid alarm was announced in most regions of Ukraine.
