As a result of a Russian missile attack on Krivoy Rog in the Dnepropetrovsk region, a three-story residential building was destroyed, in which more than 100 people lived.

Three people were killed, 13 people were injured, including four children of three and seven years old, said the head of the city military administration Alexander Vilkul.. Two adults and a seven-year-old child are in critical condition..

“At the moment, three people are known to have died: a 64-year-old woman and a 30-year-old married couple.. Missing their child one and a half years. Rescuers are still sorting through the rubble and looking for the child,” Vilkul said at a briefing on December 16.

Residents of the destroyed house have been placed in temporary accommodation centers. There are also 52 burglary points deployed in the city, where there are mother and child rooms..

In addition to the house, five Russian missiles destroyed an energy facility, an industrial enterprise, damaged 30 houses, a school and a hospital, and the city's energy infrastructure was seriously damaged..

Three employees of substations were injured in Kryvyi Rih and Nikopol districts.

Vilkul warned that it could take longer to restore power to the city as the ninth wave of rocket attacks lost 50% of the consumption of Ukraine's interconnected power grid.. And it will take more time to repair the damaged.

“Now we are trying to try to connect, first of all, critical infrastructure - these are hospitals, boiler houses and pumping stations.. Light can appear in people's homes only where there are critical infrastructure facilities on the lines,"

The connection of water intakes and pumping stations in Kryvyi Rih was switched to power from generators, while it was possible to return the water supply to 50% of the city.

“The first and second water lifts are working, there is water on the first floors. The third water lift is connected. Where it was impossible to pump water on generators, water is delivered by tank trucks,” Vilkul added..

Small boiler houses are also connected to the generators, five large boiler houses of the heating plant and 20 boiler houses of the heating network are connected to the network, providing heat to 60% of the city.. The gas system of the city runs on generators, the gas was not turned off for the townspeople.

City hospitals are also running on generators, providing all the necessary assistance to the sick.. 596 miners brought to the surface from the mines.

City electric transport does not work now and will not work on December 17 due to power supply restrictions. Mobile phone and radio work. It will be possible to receive information in case of a complete blackout in the city through the radio stations "

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Recall, on December 16, Russia launched 76 missiles in Ukraine: 72 cruise missiles (Kh-101, " Ukrainian air defense shot down 60 of them.

Small towns and large regional centers were left without electricity, water and heat, in total more than 50% of the country's consumers, including critical infrastructure. Ukrenergo declares a state of emergency in Ukraine. The northern, southern and central regions were hardest hit.