UPDATED: Debris clearance continues in Pokrovsk
As of now, 7 fatalities and 81 injured are known
UPDATE at 11:48 a.m.:
The number of victims has increased to 81. Among them are 39 civilians, including two children born in 2006 and 2012, 31 policemen, 7 rescuers, and 4 military personnel.
Damage has also been reported to 12 high-rise buildings, a hotel, a prosecutor's office, a pension fund, a pharmacy, two shops, two cafes and two civilian cars.
UPDATED at 10:12 a.m.:
Rescuers have extinguished 5 fire outbreaks covering a total area of 75 square meters in a residential building and hotel hit by russian missiles. Preliminarily, there are no people trapped under the debris.
In Pokrovsk, the clearing of debris continues following yesterday's missile attacks.
This was reported by Ihor Klymenko, Minister of Internal Affairs.
According to the latest data, 7 people died, and 67 were injured. Among the injured are 9 police officers, 7 rescuers, and 2 children.
The Head of the Donetsk Oblast Military Administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko, added that among the deceased are 5 civilians, 1 State Emergency Service worker, and 1 military person, while among the injured are 2 military personnel.
Background. Earlier, Mind reported that the russians had launched a missile attack on the city of Pokrovsk.
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