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Russian missile attack on Vinnytsia kills 12, injures 90-VIDEO-UPDATED-1

14 July 2022 15:01 (UTC +04:00)

17 people were killed, while 90 others were injured as a result of Russian missile attacks at Vinnytsia, Ukraine, APA reports citing Unian.net.

Two of those killed are children.

***13:50

Three Russian missiles slammed into the heart of the central Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia on Thursday, killing 12 people including a small child, and wounding 25, the State Emergency Service said, APA reports citing Reuters.

National police chief Ihor Klymenko, citing preliminary information, said the missiles hit an office block and damaged nearby residential buildings, causing a huge blaze which spread to a car park and set vehicles alight.

"There are wounded and dead, among them a small child," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on the Telegram messaging app. "What is this, if not an open act of terrorism?"

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Russian missiles struck the central Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia on Thursday morning, killing at least two civilians, police said, APA reports citing the Guardian.

“There are dead and wounded,” Serhiy Borzov, governor of the Vinnytsia region, wrote on the Telegram messaging app.

Reuters reports police later put the initial toll at two dead and six wounded and said about 50 vehicles were on fire.