Night drone attack on Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast: family of local fire chief killed – photos

During a Russian drone attack on Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast, a Russian drone struck the home of the head of the local fire department, killing his wife, his daughter, who was a patrol police officer, and her one-year-old son.

Source: Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko on Telegram: Volodymyr Zelenskyy on X (Twitter)

Details: Klymenko said that the firefighter was at the scene of the Russian strikes with the fire and rescue team at the time.

Update: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has responded to the Russian attack on Pryluky and the deaths of civilians. He said the rescue operation had lasted all night.

Quote: "One of the firefighters arrived to deal with the aftermath at his own home: it turned out that his house had been hit by a Shahed. Sadly, his wife, daughter and one-year-old grandson had been killed. This is the 632nd child killed since Russia's full-scale war began."

The president noted that Russia is constantly trying to buy time in order to continue the killings. When the world does not condemn it strongly enough and does not exert sufficient pressure, it kills again.

Zelenskyy also mentioned that during the night, the Russians launched 103 drones and one ballistic missile on Ukraine. The strikes targeted Donetsk, Kharkiv, Odesa, Sumy, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson oblasts.

Quote: "This is the latest large-scale strike by the terrorists – the Russian terrorists [soldiers] who kill our people every night. This is yet another reason to impose maximum sanctions and put pressure on them all together."

Background: On the night of 4-5 June, the Russians launched a large-scale drone attack on Pryluky in Chernihiv Oblast. At least five people were killed in the attack, including a one-year-old child, and eight others were injured.

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