Death toll in Russia’s missile attack on Chasiv Yar rises to 18

The relevant statement was made by the Main Department of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service in Donetsk Region on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“Rescuers have recovered a body of another victim from under the rubble of a 5-storey apartment block destroyed in the missile strike on the city of Chasiv Yar,” the report states.

In general, as of 08:40 a.m., a total of 18 civilians were found dead. Six civilians were rescued from under the rubble. A total of 138 tonnes of destroyed structures were dismantled. Rescue works are underway.

A reminder that, in the evening of July 9, 2022, Russian missiles hit a 5-storey apartment block in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Region. Two entrances were destroyed completely.