Chasiv Yar: death toll rises to 19

ROMAN PETRENKO  —  MONDAY, 11 JULY 2022, 11:18

As of 08:45 on 11 July, 18 people have been killed as a result of a rocket attack on a five-storey residential building in Chasiv Yar, in Donetsk Oblast.

Source: the State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Details: 6 people have been rescued from the rubble.

According to rescuers, about 137 tonnes of destroyed elements of the building have already been cleared and dismantled so far.

Voice contact has been established with two people who are under the rubble.

Updated: It was later reported that the body of another casualty had been recovered from underthe rubble.

Meanwhile, 8 people have already been rescued.

Previously: According to the latest data from the State Emergency Service, 15 people have been killed and 6 injured as a result of a rocket attack on a 5-storey building in the settlement of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk Oblast. The head of the Donetsk Oblast Military Administration earlier reported that 24 people could be under the rubble.

The Russian occupiers carried out the strike using Iskanders [short-range ballistic missile systems - ed.].