Emergency rescue operations completed at site of Russian missile strike in Kharkiv: 4 killed, 41 injured. VIDEO+PHOTOS
Emergency rescue operations have been completed at the site of a Russian missile strike on a four-storey residential building in the Kholodnohirskyi district of Kharkiv.
This was reported by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, according to Censor.NET.
What is known
Rescuers cleared rubble and dismantled destroyed and damaged structural elements of the building.
The operations involved personnel and equipment from the Kharkiv region’s SES, the SES Donetsk-Luhansk Mobile Rapid Response Rescue Centre, the DELTA rapid response unit of the Special Aviation Detachment of the SES Operational Rescue Service of Civil Protection, and the city’s municipal services.
"Four people were killed, and another 41 were injured in the Russian attack on Kharkiv. SES psychologists provided assistance to more than 100 people," the statement said.
Rescue operations
Background
- On the evening of October 12, Russian invaders attacked Kharkiv with "Banderol" missiles. Residential neighbourhoods and civilian infrastructure in the city’s Kholodnohirskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts came under attack.
- One of the missiles hit a four-storey residential building, completely destroying one section of the building.
- Later, rescuers found the bodies of four people beneath the rubble.
