Number of victims of rocket attack on Poltava increases to 17
Kyiv • UNN
As a result of the Russian attack in Poltava, 17 people were injured, including 4 children, and 7 people were killed. Rescuers helped 22 people, including an elderly man trapped in an apartment in a destroyed high-rise building.
As a result of the Russian attack, the number of victims in Poltava has increased to 17, UNN reports, citing the State Emergency Service.
"Poltava: the number of victims has increased to 17 people. Among them are 4 children - aged 3 months, 2, 8 and 12 years. 7 people were killed. 22 people were rescued," the statement said.
Psychologists from the State Emergency Service and the National Police helped 152 people, including 4 children.
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In addition, rescuers released a heartbreaking video of an elderly man who was locked in an apartment.
"A mangled high-rise building after a missile strike. An elderly man is trapped in his apartment on the top floor. Ruins, fear... Carefully, step by step, the rescuers bring the wounded man down: he is alive, saved," the SES noted.