Fifth child found dead under rubble after Russian strike on Ukraine
Rescuers work at the site of the Russian strike on a residential building in Pryluky (photo: t.me/mvs_ukraine)
Rescuers recovered the body of another child from the rubble of a building in Pryluky. A total of 19 people are now known to have been killed, Ukraine's State Emergency Service reported.
Russia kills 5 children in Pryluky
The body of another child was found at the site of the Russian strike in Pryluky, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said.
"The death toll has risen to 19," the statement said.
Another 55 people were injured, including seven children.
Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Chernihiv region
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Psychologists from the State Emergency Service are working at the scene and have already provided assistance to 90 people.
Emergency rescue operations are ongoing: rescuers are dismantling destroyed structures and searching through the rubble, the State Emergency Service said.
A Russian strike on October 7 killed four children in Pryluky. Three of them were just one year old.
Earlier, 18 people were known to have been killed in the Russian strike. Another 55 people were injured, including seven children.
