Body fragments found under rubble of destroyed high-rise building in Novohrodivka, Donetsk Oblast

Unidentified body fragments were found at the site of a Russian missile hitting a high-rise building on 30 November in the town of Novohrodivka, Donetsk Oblast.

Source: Oleksandr Shevchenko, Head of Novohrodivka City Military Administration

Quote: "A search and rescue operation is underway in Novohrodivka at the site of an enemy missile hitting an apartment building in the city centre.

As of now, fragments of bodies that cannot be identified have been found under the rubble." 

Details: Shevchenko added that DNA testing would be carried out in the future.

Background: 

• On the night of 29-30 November, the Russians fired six missiles at Pokrovsk, Novohrodivka and Myrnohrad in the Pokrovsk district of Donetsk Oblast. There were at least 10 casualties, and five more people are currently being searched for under the rubble.
• It was reported that the body of a dead man was pulled from underneath the rubble. Later, rescuers removed the body of another man from underneath the rubble of a residential building.
• The body of an 8-year-old girl was recovered from the rubble of a residential building in Novohrodivka; the district authorities have declared three days of mourning.

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