Teams complete search and rescue operations in Kyiv district after attack: girl's body removed from under debris – photos

Tetyana Oliynyk — Tuesday, 9 July 2024, 22:29

On the evening of 9 July, rescue workers completed search and rescue operations at the site of a Russian attack on a residential building in Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi district.

Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Quote: "Rescue workers have removed the body of a girl aged 17 or 18. Emergency repair work is underway.

33 people were killed, including 4 children, 121 were injured, including 10 children, as a result of yesterday's hostile attack on Kyiv. 11 people were rescued."

Background:

  • The Russians launched missiles and guided aerial bombs at Ukraine on the morning of 8 July. An air raid warning was issued throughout the country. Explosions were heard in the capital and a number of other cities.
  • Debris fell in the Solomianskyi, Dniprovskyi, Darnytskyi, Desnianskyi, Shevchenkivskyi and Holosiivskyi districts of Kyiv as a result of a missile strike.

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