Death toll in Vinnytsia strike rises to 25

“Today, neurologist Natalya Falshtynska has died in the hospital. When the missile hit, she was receiving patients at the Neuromed clinic. Three children were left without their mother,” the governor said.

In the morning of 14 July, Kalibr missiles struck a local shopping centre, a hospital parking lot and a park in Vinnytsia. A total of 25 people were killed in the strike, including three children: 4-year-old Liza, 7-year-old Maksym and 8-year-old Kyrylo.

A total of 63 people injured in the strike are still receiving hospital treatment. Two of them are in critical condition.

The Russian Defence Ministry claimed that the strike had targeted an officers’ club that “hosted a conference of the Ukrainian Armed Force command with representatives of foreign armament suppliers”.

In post-Soviet countries, unlike in the West, an “officers’ club” or “house of officers” is a term used to describe a recreation facility formerly used by servicemen and their families for leisure. The buildings are now mainly used as concert halls in the region and have completely lost any relation with armed forces both in Russia and Ukraine.