The number of victims of the Ukrainian UAV strike on the Horls has increased to 60

The number of injured as a result of the attack by Ukrainian drones on a hotel and cafe in the village of Khorly, Kherson region, has increased to 60 people, killing 28 civilians. The governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, told Izvestia about this on January 3.

As specified, in the first hours after the strike, it was impossible to quickly determine the exact number of dead and injured. This is due to a large-scale fire that lasted until the morning and did not allow the units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations to begin full-fledged search and rescue operations.

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Another 50 people were injured, 6 of them are in serious condition.

On January 1, Baldo told about the strike of three drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on a cafe and a hotel in Khorlakh. The victims of the terrorist attack were 28 people, including two children. A criminal case was opened into the incident.

At the same time, Russian leader Vladimir Putin heard a report by Baldo on the situation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces strike and on the progress of investigative actions. Subsequently, he agreed that the crime was similar to the burning of people in Odessa on May 2, 2014.

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