Russian rocket strike on Ukraine's Kryvyi Rih injures 23, including children Photo

Twenty-three people, including six children, were injured in a rocket strike on a Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on January 8, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said.

The attack damaged 29 apartment buildings, 21 cars and an administrative building, the agency said. Several areas were left without electricity, including mines where people were working at the time of the strike, Caliber.Az reports. 

Seven workers were trapped underground at one of the mines after the power outage.

Mountain rescuers from the State Emergency Service’s DVGRS unit, together with specialists from the enterprise, brought in a generator, restarted the lifting mechanism and enabled the mine cage to operate.

After more than six hours of rescue work, all the workers were brought safely to the surface. The emergency service said there were no casualties among the miners.

By Sabina Mammadli