Russian 7 June strike on Kharkiv: death toll rises to six – photos
Emergency workers in Kharkiv have discovered the body of a sixth person killed in the Russian strike on the city on 7 June under the rubble. Search and rescue operations are ongoing.
Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine on Telegram; Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram; Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov during the national joint 24/7 newscast
Quote from the State Emergency Service: "Kharkiv: emergency workers found the body of a fourth person while clearing rubble at a civilian facility in Kharkiv’s Kyivskyi district. Efforts are currently underway to recover the body."
Update: Syniehubov reported that the death toll from the strike had risen to five.
"Emergency workers have just recovered the body of a fifth person from under the rubble of a civilian facility in the Kyivskyi district of Kharkiv," Syniehubov stated. "In the morning, the body of the fourth person killed in the Russian attack on this facility was also retrieved."
Later, Terekhov reported that emergency workers had discovered the body of a sixth person under the rubble.
"Currently, five people have been confirmed killed and their bodies have been recovered," Terekhov said. "Another body has not yet been retrieved, but we know its location. Sadly, there are five confirmed fatalities and a sixth body still under the rubble."
Details: Search and rescue operations are ongoing.
"There is a possibility that people are still trapped under the rubble," the State Emergency Service reported.
Background:
- At around 17:35 on 7 June, Russia used four guided aerial bombs to attack the Shevchenkivskyi and Kyivskyi districts of Kharkiv.
- A 30-year-old woman who worked for Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) was killed. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that more than 40 people had been injured.
- Late on 7 June, Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, reported that a 62-year-old man had died in hospital from injuries caused by the strike, and two more people were in an extremely serious condition. It later became known that a children's railway instructor, Volodymyr Kovtun, had died from his injuries.
- On 11 June, the body of a third person was found under the rubble of a facility.
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