At least 42 dead and over 200 injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine

At least 42 people have been killed and at least 206 injured, including children, in Russian attacks in Ukraine over the past 24 hours, regional authorities said on July 9.

The vast majority of the figures include civilians killed or injured in a massive rocket attack on the morning of July 8.

27 people died in Kyiv alone, including four children, city authorities said. In the capital, 117 residents were injured, and at least two others were hurt elsewhere in Kyiv Oblast.

The two largest cities in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast – Dnipro and Kryvyi Rih – were also hit by rockets, killing 11 people and wounding 68, Governor Serhii Lysak said.

Among the injured victims were three 14-year-old teenagers from Kryvyi Rih, he added.

Two people – a 79-year-old woman and a 65-year-old man – were injured in attacks on the Nikopol district on July 8 and 9, Lysak reported.

In Donetsk OblastThree people were killed and three others injured in a Russian attack on Pokrovsk, said Governor Vadym Filashkin.

One person was killed in Toretsk, three in Novoekonomihne, two in Chasiv Yar, one in Shcherbynivka and one in Novohrodivka were injured, he said.

In Kharkiv Oblast, One person was injured in a Russian attack on the border village of Lyptsi, according to Governor Oleh Syniehubov.

In Mykolaiv Oblast, A Russian missile attack on Voznesensk District sparked a fire near a farm and residential buildings, injuring a 45-year-old woman and a five-year-old child, Governor Vitalii Kim reported.

A resident of the Vorozhba community in Sumy Oblast was injured in a Russian attack on July 8, the regional military administration said.

In Zaporizhia OblastThree men were injured in Russian attacks on the Zaporizhia and Vasilivka districts, said regional governor Ivan Fedorov.

The Chernihiv, Kherson and Luhansk regions were also attacked, but no casualties were reported.

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