Russian airstrikes on Sloviansk kill six, injure 15, people trapped under rubble – photos

Six people were killed and 15 were injured in Russian airstrikes and drone attacks on Sloviansk on 17 October. More than 20 houses were damaged.

Source: Vadym Liakh, Head of Sloviansk City Military Administration; State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) on Telegram

Quote from SES: "Sloviansk: three people were killed and two injured in a Russian airstrike. Yesterday, Russian forces dropped four aerial bombs on a residential area."

Details: Rescue workers said they had recovered the body of a man from under the rubble.

Fires broke out at three locations. Firefighters contained the blazes, but further firefighting had to be suspended due to the security situation.

Liakh reported that a total of six people were killed and 15 injured in the city on 17 October.

He said Russian forces attacked Sloviansk with various types of weapons throughout the day. "In some cases, FPV drone strikes also proved fatal," he noted.

"Several bodies of residents remain under the rubble of houses destroyed by aerial bombs this morning. The work to recover them was suspended overnight due to the safety situation. It resumed early in the morning," Liakh said.

Background: On 17 October, Liakh reported that one person had been killed and 10 injured in a Russian FAB-250 aerial bomb strike on high-rise residential buildings in the city of Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast.

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