Rescue operation in Uman completed: 23 civilians dead, including 6 children
The search and rescue operation at the site of the Russian strike on a multi-storey building in Uman has been completed. 23 people were killed in the attack, including 6 children, and 9 people were injured.
Source: Ihor Klymenko, Ukraine’s Minister of Internal Affairs, on Facebook
Details: Of the 23 fatalities, 22 bodies were recovered from underneath the rubble, and one person died in hospital. Among the dead were six children: three boys aged 18 months, 16 and 17, and three girls, 8, 11 and 14.
All 23 bodies have been identified. There was a special headquarters where direct relatives of the victims could provide biological samples for DNA comparison.
17 people were rescued from under the rubble.
Another 2 women are reported missing.
Quote from Klymenko: "All services worked smoothly and efficiently. I would like to thank the rescue workers, police officers, utility workers, and dozens of residents of the city of Uman who joined in the search around the collapsed building. The work went very quickly, because everyone was in a hurry. Until recently, they still hoped to find people alive under the rubble."
Background:
- A Russian missile hit a residential building in Uman in Cherkasy Oblast on 28 April. In the morning, it was reported that seven people, including a child, had been killed. Another 17 were injured. Later, the death toll increased.
- On Saturday 29 April it was revealed that 23 people had been killed as the result of the missile attack, with 5 children amongst them; one woman is missing.
- Ihor Klimenko, Minister of Internal Affairs, reported from the scene that the Russians had hit the building in Uman with a Kh-101 missile. This resulted in the collapse of an entire stairwell of the building where 109 people were living or registered. Twenty-seven apartments were destroyed entirely. More than 33 cars were also burned out or damaged. Emergency workers are doing their best to clear the rubble as soon as possible.
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