© UNOCHA/Matteo Minasi A woman in her apartment damaged during a massive overnight attack in Kiev, Ukraine. Ukraine: an attack on a shopping center in Krivoy Rog killed civilians Peace and security
UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine Matthias Schmale condemned the Russian attack on the shopping center in Krivoy Rog. According to preliminary data, at least 14 people were killed and more than 100 were injured, including several children.
“While Kyiv mourns the civilians killed yesterday, today the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched strikes on the center of Krivoy Rog in the Dnepropetrovsk region. The footage of residents killed and wounded in a busy shopping center on Friday afternoon is horrifying,” Schmale said.
About half an hour after the initial attack, while rescuers were already working on the scene, a second strike followed.
The humanitarian coordinator expressed condolences to the families of the victims. and wished a full recovery to the victims.
Strikes on densely populated cities
Shmale noted that in recent weeks, as a result of strikes on several densely populated cities in Ukraine, residential buildings, a hospital, a school, markets and public buses. He said such attacks disrupt the daily lives of civilians.
“International humanitarian law prohibits indiscriminate attacks on civilians and civilian objects. Civilians must always be protected,” the UN representative emphasized.