‘A Tragic Loss of Innocent Lives’ - Death Toll in Kryvyi Rih Rises to 20

The number of people killed in the Russian attack on Kryvyi Rih has increased to 20 after a 57-year-old man died in a hospital, the head of the city’s Defense Council, Oleksandr Vilkul, reported on Sunday.

“Unfortunately, the death toll from Russia’s terrorist attack on 4 April has risen to 20,” he wrote. “A 57-year-old man has died in hospital from multiple injuries. Doctors worked around the clock doing everything possible and impossible, but the injuries were fatal.”

Russian forces first launched a ballistic missile strike on the hometown of Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, April 4, with initial reports of 18 people killed, including nine children.

In a follow-up strike, the Russians attacked the city again with drones, killing another woman and wounding seven others. Serhii Lysak, the head of the region’s Military Administration, said that the woman had burned to death in a house that had been hit by a Shahed drone.

The man’s death in the hospital on Sunday brought the death toll to 20.

Pastor Mark Burns, a spiritual advisor to US President Donald Trump, visited the strike site over the weekend.

“A tragic loss of innocent lives. The world must condemn this brutality and stand with Ukraine against such terror. Faith is a choice, not a feeling!” he wrote on social media.

Meanwhile, three civilians were injured by Russian shelling in the Kherson region.

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At around 1 p.m. local time on Sunday, Russian artillery bombarded the village of Bilozerka.

A 75-year-old man suffered head injuries in the attack, along with shrapnel wounds, and is in serious condition. Two women, aged 58 and 60, were also injured in the shelling with similar injuries.