Missile strike on Pryluky: people trapped under rubble, 20 killed, including 5 children, 55 injured (updated). VIDEO+PHOTO
During today’s missile attack, the Russian Federation struck Pryluky in the Chernihiv region.
According to Censor.NET, the Air Force reported that missiles were heading towards the Chernihiv region.
Initial details
According to media reports, a missile destroyed a five-storey residential building in Pryluky: people are trapped under the rubble.
According to "Suspilne", rescue workers are already on the scene and are extracting people from under the rubble
No further information regarding the enemy attack is available at this time.
Updated information
According to Viacheslav Chaus, head of the Regional Military Administration, a missile strike on Pryluky has been confirmed.
"One of the strikes hit a residential high-rise building—in the morning, while people were still asleep. Preliminary reports indicate there are already fatalities and injuries. All emergency services are on the scene, and efforts to clear the rubble are underway," he said.
According to Stoianov, the chief of the Pryluky District Police Department, there are currently two confirmed fatalities and seven injured as a result of the Russian attack.
According to the State Emergency Service, a Russian attack on a high-rise building in Pryluky has reportedly left 4 people dead and 20 others injured, including three children.
Emergency responders rescued one person.
At another location, a fire broke out in a production building due to shelling by Russian forces.
Work is currently underway to address the aftermath of the attack.
According to the Office of the Prosecutor General, two stairwells of an apartment building were destroyed in Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast, as a result of a missile strike. Other residential buildings, a children’s and youth creative center, a business, and vehicles were damaged. So far, five civilians are known to have been killed and at least 20 wounded, including three children.
The rubble is still being cleared, so the number of casualties may change.
According to Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi, six people have already died in Pryluky, including an 8-year-old boy. Another 34 people, including five children, have been injured. The youngest girl is only 3 years old.
As of 11:10 a.m. in Pryluky, nine people are known to have been killed, including three children. Additionally, 38 people were injured as a result of the Russian Federation’s attack on a high-rise building. Viacheslav Chaus, head of the Chernihiv Regional Military Administration, reported this to Suspilne.
"Rescuers recovered the bodies of three children from the rubble of a five-story building in Pryluky. As of now, nine people are known to have died. Preliminary reports indicate that there are already 50 injured. Twenty-three are receiving outpatient treatment. Twenty-seven people have been hospitalized, three of whom are in serious condition," he said.
According to the Regional Military Administration, 12 people have been rescued.
As of 1:38 p.m., 14 people have been killed as a result of Russian shelling in Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast, including 4 children.
50 people were injured, including 7 children.
Emergency responders rescued 15 people, including 1 child.
All emergency services are on the scene.
According to police, as of 12:45 p.m., the death toll has risen to 13, including four children. The number of injured has risen to 50, including seven children. Search efforts are ongoing to locate people trapped under the rubble of the high-rise building.
As of 3:00 p.m., according to police data, 16 people are known to have been killed, including 4 children. Another 55 people were injured, including 7 children.
Fifteen apartment buildings and 16 private houses were damaged (the exact number is being established).
According to the latest figures from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the death toll from the Russian strike on Pryluky has risen to 18, including 4 children. Another 55 people were injured, including 7 children.
Work to deal with the aftermath of the attack continues. Rescuers are dismantling destroyed structures and searching the rubble. All emergency services are working at the scene.
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) reported that the body of another child has been found at the site of the Russian strike in Pryluky, bringing the death toll to 19.
Another 55 people were injured, including seven children.
SES psychologists are working at the scene and have already provided assistance to 90 people.
Emergency rescue operations continue: rescuers are dismantling destroyed structures and examining the rubble.
Later, Chernihiv Regional Military Administration head Viacheslav Chaus reported that the death toll from the Russian missile attack had risen to 20.
"Unfortunately, we now know that Russia killed 20 people with a single missile. Five children were among them, children who went to bed yesterday and never woke up. Fifty-five people were injured, including seven children," the official wrote.
What led up to this?
- As reported, the enemy is currently attacking Ukraine with missiles: there is a threat to Kremenchuk.
- The ruscists have also struck Kyiv with ballistic missiles: two people have been killed, and a warehouse and a garage co-operative have been damaged.
- A strike on a residential area in the Poltava region has been recorded: high-rise blocks have been damaged.
