Russian airstrike on Svesa: casualty toll up to 10, including two children

Russian airstrike on Svesa: casualty toll up to 10, including two children

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In the village of Svesa, Shostka district in Sumy region, the number of injured in a Russian bombing that targeted an apartment block Saturday afternoon has increased to 10.

Two children are among those injured, the State Emergency Service reports, according to Ukrinform.

 “From the five-storey residential building damaged by the enemy airstrike, the SES team managed to evacuate 14 people and rescue an elderly woman,” the statement says.

As a result of the enemy strike on the residential quarter, part of the building has been destroyed. In total, four apartment blocks were damaged in the area.

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As per tentative reports, 10 people were injured, including two children.

The rescue and search operation is underway.

Two invincibility points have been deployed to assist those affected.

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As Ukrinform reported earlier, the Russians dropped an air bomb on an apartment block in Svesa.

Initial reports said two children and an adult suffered injuries.

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