Strike on Kremenchuk damages residential areas
Place: Kremenchuk, Poltava OblastRegion: Ukraine-wide and the front lineautomatic summary
Where the versions diverge
The Russian Defence Ministry names the AutoKrAZ plant and a tobacco factory as targets, saying they were linked to the production of missile equipment and ammunition; Ukrainian sources write about destroyed residential areas, dead and injured, and do not mention these enterprises. The claims of military production have not been independently verified.
What Russia reports
automatic summary The Russian Defence Ministry, according to RIA Novosti and Interfax, named two targets of the night strike in Kremenchuk: the AutoKrAZ plant, where, it claims, chassis for FP-5 Flamingo missile launchers were made and stored, and the JTI Ukraine tobacco factory, where "production of small-arms ammunition was organised". No casualties or damage to housing are mentioned.
“Еще одной целью армии стала табачная фабрика "JTI Украина" в Кременчуге, где организовали выпуск боеприпасов для стрелкового оружия.”
“Российские военнослужащие в ходе ночного удара поразили производственное предприятие "Автокраз" в Кременчуге Полтавской области, где создавали шасси для пусковых установок ракет "Фламинго"”
- ВС России нанесли массированные удары по производству ракет "Фламинго" — RIA Novosti, 7 October, 08:45
- Минобороны РФ заявило о поражении в Кременчуге предприятия "Автокраз" — Interfax, 7 October, 08:53
What Ukraine reports
automatic summary Kremenchuk Mayor Vitalii Maletskyi (RBC-Ukraine) called the damage to housing among the most extensive in the city since the start of the full-scale invasion: high-rises and private houses were hit. According to Poltava governor Vitalii Diakivnych, two people were killed and by evening the number of injured had risen to 47, including two children; 5 apartment blocks (431 flats) and 35 private houses were damaged.
“Это одни из самых масштабных разрушений жилья в городе с начала полномасштабного вторжения.”
“Станом на 18:50 відомо про 47 травмованих, серед яких двоє дітей. Двоє людей загинули”
- Выбитые окна и изувеченные фасады: Россия ударила по жилым кварталам Кременчуга (фото) — RBC-Ukraine, 7 October, 06:57
- У Кременчуці кількість постраждалих через атаку РФ зросла до 47, двоє людей загинули — Ukrainska Pravda, 7 October, 18:42
- Кількість травмованих внаслідок атаки РФ на Кременчук зросла до 34, з них двоє – діти — Ukrainska Pravda, 7 October, 12:39
What independent sources report
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Confirmation
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