A Saturday night rocket assault on an apartment building in Ukraine is the latest in a recent burst of Russian high-casualty attacks on civilian structures.
Rescue workers stand on the rubble at the scene in the aftermath of a missile strike that his a residential apartment block, in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, July 10, 2022.
Ukraine’s Emergency Services said the latest rescue brought the number of people dug out of the rubble to six. Earlier in the day, they made contact with three others still trapped alive beneath the ruins.Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the Donetsk region that includes Chasiv Yar, said an estimated 24 people were believed still trapped, including a 9-year-old child.
However, later Sunday, Viacheslav Boitsov, deputy chief of emergency service in the Donetsk Region, told the Associated Press that four shells hit the neighborhood and they were likely Iskander missiles. “My kitchen walls and balcony have completely vanished,” she added, struggling to hold back tears. “I called my children to tell them I was alive.”
“I only have enough money to support myself for another month. Lots of people are fed up already of refugees coming from the east — no one will feed or support us there. It’s better to stay,” said Oleksandr, who declined to give his surname.
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