Following a Wednesday attack on a residential building, two children are among the injured, according to Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko. There are four more persons unaccounted for.
Police, volunteers, and emergency personnel are currently going through the wreckage. There are search dogs on the site.
Russia’s defense ministry has not made any statements in the public regarding the alleged attack on the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Mr. Zelensky has sent his sympathies to the friends and family of the deceased.
“Every day and every hour, Russian terror proves that Ukraine – together with its partners – must strengthen [the country’s] air defence,” he stated.
The official emergency agency of Ukraine, DSNS, released a video showing an injured woman being removed from the wreckage on a stretcher.
Following the strike, firefighters are seen combating nearby fires.
