Body of another victim of Russian strike found under rubble in Pokrovsk

As of 16:00, a search and rescue operation is underway at the sites of the hits in the Pokrovsk district of Donetsk region, which was attacked by Russian occupiers with missiles on January 6. Rescuers in the district center found another body under the rubble: this time, the death of a man has been confirmed.

In the village of Rivne, where the body of a 3-year-old child was found in the morning, fragments of bodies were found and are being identified. The State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported on the current situation at the site of the latest Russian terrorist attacks.

As of 15:00, the number of confirmed victims of the Russian missile strike in Pokrovsk has increased to two people: rescuers found the body of a man under the rubble of one of the two private houses destroyed by Russian missiles. Yesterday they managed to find the remains of a woman.

"1 man has been rescued, rescue operations are underway to find 3 people, including 2 children. Currently, rescuers have dismantled 62 tons of destroyed building elements. Body fragments are being collected for further identification of the victims," the SES said.

In the village of Rivne, where the occupants destroyed a house with three adults and three children with a direct hit, the body of a three-year-old child was found in the morning.

"Emergency and rescue operations are underway at the site of the destroyed house to search for 5 people, including 2 children, and 40 tons of destroyed elements of the house have been dismantled. The found body fragments are being identified," the SES added.

The search involves 76 people and 20 pieces of equipment, and specially trained dogs are also helping with the operation.

"Of these, 33 people and 9 pieces of equipment from the SES, dog teams of the Pavlohrad search and rescue dog unit Antares (12 people, 9 dogs and 2 pieces of equipment), 26 people and 5 pieces of equipment from the National Police, 3 people and 2 pieces of equipment from local authorities, and 2 people and 2 pieces of equipment from Metinvest," the SES said.

A UAV unit and a psychologist from the State Emergency Service are also working at the site of the shelling to help the victims.

As a reminder, at around 3 p.m. on January 6, the Russians attacked Pokrovsk district for the second time in 24 hours. They launched eight S-300 missiles at the district center and the village of Rivne. One of them hit a residential building.

In the evening of the same day, the Donetsk regional military administration said that Russia killed 11 civilians, including five children. The Office of the Prosecutor General and the State Emergency Service were more cautious with their estimates and, before the dead child was found, recognized the death of one woman in Pokrovsk. The rest of the people who were in the destroyed houses are still being searched for, but not confirmed dead until their bodies are found.

According to Vadym Filashkin, the head of the Donetsk regional military administration, 134 private houses and 15 multi-storey buildings were damaged in Pokrovsk, and 80 houses, a paramedic and obstetric station and an administrative building were damaged in Rivne.

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