Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.

"As many as 130 people have been injured. Twenty-three are children. The number of people injured in the enemy attack on the Kryvyi Rih shopping center, which took place in the evening, continues to rise," he wrote.

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A few minutes later, the regional governor reported that the death toll had also increased to 15.

All those injured are receiving medical treatment, and hospitals have been provided with everything they need.

Earlier, it was reported that a search-and-rescue operation was underway in Kryvyi Rih. Rescuers from the Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kirovohrad and Donetsk regions were dispatched to the city to assist with the operation.

Some people are currently considered missing.

Russian forces struck one of Kryvyi Rih's largest shopping centers and launched a second attack 26 minutes later, when rescue services were already working at the scene.

First photo: Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration