Bodies of woman and two children recovered from rubble in Ternopil, bringing death toll to 31 – photos, video
The number of people killed in the Russian strike on Ternopil on 19 November has risen to 31, after rescue workers recovered three more bodies.
Source: National Police of Ukraine; State Emergency Service (SES); Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne
Details: As of 12:00 on 21 November, rescue workers have retrieved the bodies of three more people from the rubble of the destroyed building – a woman and two children.
The death toll now stands at 31, including 6 children. A total of 94 people have been injured, among them 18 children.
According to Serhii Ziubanenko, Head of the National Police in Ternopil Oblast, quoted by Suspilne, the people whose bodies were found today were a mother and her two children, aged 5 and 18 months. The children's father identified the bodies.
As of now, 13 people are considered missing, the State Emergency Service said.
Background:
- On the night of 18-19 November, Russia struck an industrial facility and two residential buildings located in the Soniachnyi district in Ternopil. The attack caused significant destruction and civilian casualties.
- The Air Force confirmed that Russian Kh-101 cruise missiles fired from strategic aviation aircraft hit the multi-storey residential buildings in Ternopil: six Tu-95MS (based at Olenya airfield) and four Tu-160MS (based at Engels and Ukrainka airfields). The launch areas were in Russia's Vologda and Astrakhan oblasts.
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