Missile strike on a five-storey apartment block in Pryluky
Place: Pryluky, Chernihiv OblastRegion: Ukraine-wide and the front lineautomatic summary
Where the versions diverge
The missile type is described differently: DW and Kyiv Independent write of a cruise missile, The Guardian of a ballistic one. The death toll was revised: 18, then 20 and at least 22 by the next morning. Russian sources in the sample do not mention the strike on Pryluky; the Russian Defence Ministry only lists defence-industry enterprises in Chernihiv region among the targets of the night strike.
What Russia reports
no reports found
What Ukraine reports
automatic summary According to Chernihiv governor Viacheslav Chaus (RBC-Ukraine), on the morning of 7 October a missile hit a residential high-rise in Pryluky while residents were still in their flats. The death toll rose during the day: 18, including four children (RBC-Ukraine), then 20, including 5 children, and 55 injured (Ukrainska Pravda, citing Zelensky and the police). According to the State Emergency Service the next morning, 22 people were killed, five of them children, and 54 injured; 15 people were rescued.
“Удар случился утром, когда жильцы дома еще находились в своих квартирах.”
“Кількість загиблих від удару російської ракети по житловому будинку в Прилуках 7 жовтня зросла до 20, 5 з них діти.”
“Станом на ранок підтверджено загибель 22 людей, серед них – п'ятеро дітей. Ще 54 людини травмовано, зокрема 7 дітей”
- Россияне нанесли ракетный удар по многоэтажному дому в Прилуках, есть погибшие и раненые — RBC-Ukraine, 7 October, 07:54
- До 20 зросла кількість загиблих внаслідок удару РФ в Прилуках: з них 5 дітей — Ukrainska Pravda, 7 October, 20:55
- Кількість жертв російського удару по Прилуках зросла до 22 — Ukrainska Pravda, 8 October, 06:40
- Росіяни вдарили по Прилуках ракетами: вже відомо про 4 загиблих — Ukrainska Pravda, 7 October, 08:45
- Количество погибших от удара РФ по Прилукам возросло до 18, пострадало более 50 человек — RBC-Ukraine, 7 October, 12:39
- Через ракетний удар росіян по Прилуках загинули 16 людей, серед них четверо дітей — Ukrainska Pravda, 7 October, 12:44
- В Прилуках уже 22 жертвы российского террора, поиск продолжался всю ночь: что известно — RBC-Ukraine, 8 October, 07:24
- Рятувальник зустрівся з дівчинкою, яку врятував у Прилуках (відео) — Suspilne, 8 October, 21:00
What independent sources report
automatic summary DW, citing the State Emergency Service, reports a cruise missile hitting the five-storey building and 18 dead; Kyiv Independent later reports at least 22 dead, including five children, and 54 injured. The Guardian writes that video shows a ballistic missile hitting the building and quotes Zelensky as saying the Russians "wanted to strike painfully and demonstratively".
“при попадании в пятиэтажку погибли 18 человек, четверо из которых дети”
“a Russian cruise missile hit a residential building, killing at least 22 people, including five children, and wounding at least 54, including seven children”
“Video showed a ballistic missile slamming into a five-storey apartment block in the town of Pryluky in the northern Chernihiv region.”
- Попадание по многоэтажке в Прилуках: 18 погибших, 56 раненых — DW (RU), 7 October, 14:07
- Russia slams Ukraine with missiles, drones on Putin's 74th birthday, at least 30 dead including 5 children — Kyiv Independent, 7 October, 02:25
- Ukraine says Russia bombed apartment block as birthday gift for Putin — The Guardian, 7 October, 18:22
- Russian attacks kill at least 28, injure more than 138 over past day, rescue efforts continue in Pryluky — Kyiv Independent, 7 October, 15:21
- Ukraine war latest: Russian attack on Pryluky kills at least 20, including 5 children — Kyiv Independent, 7 October, 20:08
- Amid the rubble of a Ukrainian apartment building, locals have one wish for Putin’s birthday — Kyiv Independent, 7 October, 21:30
Confirmation
Confirmation: confirmed by independent sources
The event is reported by international or exile independent outlets and no contradictions in the facts between the groups were detected. This does not mean the independent outlets verified every detail.
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