3 bodies recovered from under rubble in Kramatorsk
ALONA MAZURENKO – FRIDAY, 22 JULY 2022, 11:03
Rescue workers have found the bodies of three victims under the rubble of a school in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast on 22 July.
Source: State Emergency Service of Donetsk region
Quote: "At 09:10, emergency rescue and search operations were completed at the school building destroyed by shelling in the city of Kramatorsk.
About 205 tonnes of destroyed elements of the building have been cleared, and the bodies of three men were discovered and removed from under the rubble."
Details: 38 personnel from the State Emergency Service and 7 appliances, 1 tractor, 1 lorry-mounted crane and 1 loader from local authorities have been involved in the debris removal.
Previously: On 21 July, Russian troops destroyed schools in Kramatorsk and Kostiantynivka, and also shelled the industrial part of Kramatorsk and the central part of Bakhmut.
As of 16.30 on 21 July, a man's body was found in Kramatorsk after a school was shelled.
Background:
- On 19 July, Russian troops attacked the central part of Kramatorsk, and they had been pounding the industrial district of the city for several days before that.
- On 3 July, Kramatorsk was shelled twice: they [the Russian forces - ed.] hit the "Comfort Park Hotel" and the road, and also damaged houses and a school.