Death toll in Uman rises to 23 including 4 children
As of 19:00, the number of victims of the Russian missile attack on a nine-storey apartment building in Uman rose to 23 people.
Source: Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko on Facebook; State Emergency Service of Ukraine on Facebook; Ihor Taburets, Head of the Cherkasy Oblast State Administration, on Telegram; Ministry of Internal Affairs on Telegram, National Police of Ukraine on Telegram
Quote: "As a result of the Russian missile strike on an apartment building in Uman, 23 people died, including 4 children."
Details: Apart from that, according to the National Police of Ukraine, 18 people were injured, and 9 of them are in hospital.
Earlier, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine specified that a 10-year-old child was among those killed during the attack.
Ihor Taburets, Head of Cherkasy Oblast Military Administration, reported that two 10-year-old children were among killed.
In addition, 18 people have been injured (11 of them have been hospitalised), and 17 people (including three children) have been rescued.
Emergency rescue workers have set up two assistance points for residents. Three psychologists from the SES are involved.
A total of 148 people and 36 appliances, including two canine units, were engaged in the debris clearance.
Будинок в Умані, в який влучила російська ракета. Відео з дрона від Reuters pic.twitter.com/dLYGnGScaC
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Background:
- On 28 April, a Russian missile hit a residential building in the city of Uman in Cherkasy oblast. Seven people, including a child, were reportedly killed, and 17 others were injured as of the morning of 28 April.
- Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported from the scene that the occupiers had hit a house in Uman with a Kh-101 missile. This resulted in the collapse of an entire stairwell of a building where 109 people were living or registered. Twenty-seven apartments were completely destroyed. Thirty-three cars were burnt to the ground or damaged. Emergency rescuers are doing their best to clear the rubble as soon as possible.
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