Rescuers have recovered the body of a 3-year-old boy from under the rubble of a five-story building destroyed by a russian missile in Kharkiv.
The mayor of Kharkiv, Ihor Terekhov, and the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleh Syniehubov, reported this, according to the Ukrainian News agency.
"The body of a child has just been found under the rubble. The search and rescue operation is ongoing," Terekhov wrote.
Later, Syniehubov reported that rescuers had recovered the body of a three-year-old boy from under the rubble.
The State Emergency Service specified that 31 people were injured as a result of the missile strike, including one child. 12 people were rescued.
It is noted that there may be more people under the rubble.
Dog teams are involved on their search.
Rescuers at the site of the occupiers' missile strike. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
Rescuers at the site of the occupiers' missile strike. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on the afternoon of January 2, the occupiers struck Kharkiv with two ballistic missiles. The enemy hit a five-story residential building, several nearby high-rise buildings and a hospital were also damaged, and a shopping center was destroyed.
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