July rocket attack on the city centre[edit]
At about 10:10 AM on 14 July 2022, an air raid alarm sounded in the city. At approximately 10:42 local residents reported three explosions in the city. Before that, local residents noticed a missile flying over Bershad city and Vinnytsia. According to Ukrainian authorities, the Russian Naval Forces fired five Kalibr cruise missiles from a submarine in the Black Sea. Ukraine claims that two of the missiles were shot down.[7] The missiles hit the House of Officers, a Soviet-era concert hall.[20][21][22][23][24][25][26] According to Ukrainian officials, the missiles also struck civilian buildings, including a medical center, offices, stores and residential buildings.[7] The attacks killed at least 28 people (including three children), and injured at least 202 others.[27][4][28][29][21][30] The Ministry of Defense of Russia said that they hit the military officers’ club, where allegedly “…a meeting of the command of the Ukrainian Air Force with representatives of foreign arms suppliers was taking place…” According to them, most participants of the meeting were killed.[31] Among the dead were three officers of the Air Force of Ukraine, including Colonels Dmytro Burdiko and Oleg Makarchuk.[32][33][34] The missile strike occurred during a conference in The Hague on holding Russia accountable for war crimes.[35]