Russian missile attack in Kryvyi Rih: death toll rises to four as toddler’s body found under rubble of residential building 

On the morning of December 17, mayor of Kryvyi Rih, Oleksandr Vilkul, reported that the body of an 18 month-old child was found under the rubble of the house.

Earlier the head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, Valentyn Reznichenko, reported that three people were killed as a result of a missile attack on a residential building in Kryvyi Rih. 

A 64-year-old woman and a young couple died. Their little son was under the rubble of the house. 13 people including 4 children were injured - all of them are in the hospital, and a 7-year-old girl is in serious condition.

Rescuers continue to dismantle the rubble of the damaged house. There may still be people there.

The first report of the Russian missile strike came at 09:19 a.m. on December 16. Information was made public by mayor of Kryvyi Rih, Oleksandr Vilkul.

"Kryvyi Rih. There is a missile hit," mayor wrote then.

Air raid alert sounded in the Dnipropetrovsk region at 07:48 a.m. on December 16.

• Also, during a massive missile attack by Russian forces on Ukraine, about 15 Russian missiles landed in Zaporizhzhia.