The death toll from Russian strikes on an apartment block in Sloviansk, eastern Ukraine, has risen to nine as rescuers continue to search through the rubble. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia launched a barrage of missiles into residential areas of the city on Friday. The recovery of a woman’s body overnight brought the total death toll to nine, including a 2-year-old boy who died in an ambulance after being rescued from a building. Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the regional military administration, said that 21 others had been injured. As of Saturday morning, five people were still believed to be trapped under the rubble, according to local official Vadym Lyakh. Sloviansk is in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, about 34 miles west of cities seized by Russian forces over the summer, but within range of their artillery. The city has been hit by Russian strikes so often that for months…
2023-04-15 05:48:30
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