Only father survived: girl's mother, whose body was pulled out of rubble in Kharkiv, also died

The girl's mother, whose body was pulled out in fragments from the rubble in Kharkiv after a Russian missile strike, also died, and her father was freed from the rubble alive.

This was reported by the spokesman for the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office, Dmytro Chubenko, in a comment to Ukrinform.

"The last girl found dead under the rubble was an 8-year-old girl. Her mother was taken out of the rubble at 17:30. She was found dead. She was 35 years old," he said.

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It is also known that the girl's father is alive. According to Kharkiv Mayor Terekhov, the man was trapped by a slab when he was unblocked, and told rescuers that his wife and daughter were also under the rubble.

As reported by Ukrinform, at least 8 explosions were heard in Kharkiv around 7:15. The entrance of a five-story residential building was completely destroyed. Some neighborhoods lost power.

As of 8 p.m. on January 23, eight people were killed and 62 wounded.