The number of people injured in the collapse of an apartment building’s section in the Russian city of Belgorod has risen to 20, an emergency official told TASS.
"According to the latest data, the injury toll stands at 20," he said.
No dead bodies had been found so far, regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
Meanwhile, rescue workers have pulled 16 people alive from under the rubble, an emergency official told TASS. Rescuers say that they are hearing voices from under the rubble, which means that more people may be trapped there.
Belgorod and its surrounding area came under massive shelling by the Ukrainian armed forces on Sunday. Fragments of a downed Tochka U missile damaged a ten-storey residential building, causing one of its sections to collapse.
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Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova has again called on the global community to denounce Ukrainian terrorist acts against civilians in the wake of today’s attack at a residential building in Belgorod.
ReplyDelete"I once again call on the international community to condemn terrorist attacks against civilians being conducted by Ukrainian Nazis and take measures to stop gross violations of the rights of civilians," the Russian ombudswoman wrote on her Telegram channel.
Russia is blaming a Ukrainian strike after an entire section of an apartment block collapsed following an explosion in Belgorod.
ReplyDeleteCCTV from the scene shows a large blast near the base of the 10-floor structure and then the building falling in.
At least 17 people have been hurt and there are reports of fatalities and also of people trapped in the rubble.