Kryvyi Rih begins three-day mourning after strikes that killed at least 20, including nine children

Residents of Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, began a three-day mourning period after strikes that an unidentified speaker at a hearing of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe said killed at least 20 people and injured at least 68, including nine children.

The speaker said the attack hit a residential neighborhood and involved drones, Iranian-made ballistic missiles and cluster munitions, and singled out a 3-year-old boy named Timofey among the dead. "They were all noncombatants, ordinary civilians living an ordinary day," the speaker said, adding that the attack struck a playground and other places where people were shopping and dining.

According to the speaker's remarks, which were delivered during the commission session, the strikes occurred on Friday and prompted the local mourning period. The speaker attributed the assault to Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces and said the use of cluster munitions turned brightly colored playground equipment into scenes of devastation.

The speaker described the human toll in personal terms: "One of the slain children was a 3 year old boy, madam president, named Timofey. He and his grandmother were walking home from the playground when the bombs fell." The remarks said the broader attack left at least 68 people injured and at least 20 dead, nine of them children.

The speaker concluded by characterizing the killings as part of an "unprovoked war" and said, "The killing, like the entire unprovoked war, is an outrage and it demands a response." The commission hearing record provided no formal action, vote or policy direction tied to the statement.

No additional details on the identities of all victims, the precise targeting or independent verification of weapon provenance were provided in the hearing record; those details were described in the session as reported by the speaker.