Material losses were also deplored in this town located 300 kilometers south of kyiv, the capital.
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Five months after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the bombardments continue. At least five people were killed in a Russian strike and twenty-five others injured, including soldiers, the regional governor announced on Thursday July 28.
The attack targeted two hangars in Kropyvnytskyi, a city of 220,000 inhabitants located 300 kilometers south of kyiv, the capital, in the center of the country. The wounded “were taken to medical facilities for help“, confirmed in a video on Telegram Andriï Raikovitch, at the head of the oblast (the region) of Kirovograd.
Among the injured, twelve are soldiers, he told the Ukrainian news agency Interfax-Ukraine, before detailing the material losses. Lthe strikes damaged “aeronautical equipment”an An-26 civilian aircraft and training aircraft, as well as nearby buildings.
Russian strikes had already targeted Kropyvnytskyi on Saturday. The attack on railway infrastructure and a military airfield had caused threeis dead, including a soldier. Nine other soldiers were injured.
Ukrainian officials on Thursday reported Russian missile strikes on various targets, including a military base in the kyiv region. Another region in northern Ukraine, Chernigiv, or Kharkiv, the country’s second city near the Russian border, were affected.