Russian S-300 missiles kill 11, including 5 children, in Ukrainian-controlled Donetsk Oblast
Eleven people, including five children, were killed, and eight others injured in a “barbaric” Russian S-300 missile attack which destroyed three houses in and around the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, on Jan. 6, according to the preliminary report of the State Emergencies Service on Telegram.
Rescue efforts are underway to locate four people, including two children, who may still be trapped under the rubble.
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The body of a woman and several body fragments were recovered from under 55 tones of debris as of the evening of Jan. 6.
Two people were also injured in the nearby village of Rivne. Rescuers are searching for six people, including three children. Eight and a half tons of rubble have been removed.
"In Pokrovsk, there were 5 people in the house at the time of the strike, including two children - boys aged 15 and 17,” local law enforcement officers reported.
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“In Rivne they are looking for a family of 6 people. Among them are two brothers, aged 7 and 9, and their three-year-old sister.”
"As a result of this barbaric attack, 11 people died, including five children aged from three to 17 years old,” the governor of the Ukrainian-controlled part of Donetsk Oblast, Vadym Filashkin, said the same evening.
“Ten people were injured. Rescue operations are continuing,"
A team of 20 rescuers and three pieces of equipment are involved in the ongoing rescue operations. The identification of the recovered body fragments is underway.
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