After a russian missile strike on a residential building in Ternopil, 26 people, including three children, went missing. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko has reported this on Telegram.
Rescuers and police, he said, will work in Ternopil at the sites around the clock.
"There is a lot of work ahead. The main thing is to find everyone who may be under the rubble. As of this evening, there are reports of 26 missing people in the destroyed building. Three of them are children. We are searching for them," noted Klymenko.
He also said that there is not a single surviving apartment in the building, where two entrances burned down. According to the minister, the flames engulfed the building instantly with a powerful fire wave. People tried to jump out of the windows, which is why rescuers had to evacuate them using high-altitude equipment.
As of 8:30 p.m., 26 people have been reported dead, including three children. 93 people were injured, including 18 children.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, the military of the aggressor country russia launched 48 missiles and more than 470 drones of various types at night and in the morning of November 19 at Ukraine. The massive enemy attack resulted in deaths and injuries, as well as significant destruction and damage.
In the morning of November 19, russian Kh-101 cruise missiles fired from strategic aviation aircraft hit apartment buildings in Ternopil.
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