Two Russian Iskander missiles hit the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk within 30-40 minutes of each other, with the second missile injuring and killing emergency service workers responding to the first hit, according to Serhii Dobriak, head of Pokrovsk City Military Administration.
“The first missile hit at 19:15, the second at 19:52. This is a standard Russo-fascist scenario – 30-40 minutes between missiles. When the State Emergency Service and rescuers arrive to save people, the second missile hits and so the number of victims increases,” Dobriak said on Telegram.“The blast radius was very large – windows in many buildings were smashed, at least 2,000 windows,” he added.
Local officials said a residential building, hotel, shops and administrative buildings were damaged. The Druzhba (Friendship) Hotel and Corleone pizzeria, both popular with journalists, were damaged in the attack according to geolocated footage from the scene.
Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of Donetsk Regional Military Administration, said in an update that among the seven people killed were five civilians, a rescuer and a serviceman.
He said there were 81 people injured, including 39 civilians, two children, 31 police officers, seven rescuers and four military personnel.
"As of 11:00 a.m., 12 multi-story buildings were damaged, as well as a hotel, a prosecutor's office, a pension fund, a pharmacy, two shops, two cafes and two civilian cars," Kyrylenko added.
Ukraine’s National Police said that the deputy head of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service in the Donetsk region, Andrii Omelchenko, was killed, and confirmed that 31 police officers were injured.
"All of them were there when they were needed, putting their efforts into rescuing people after the first incoming," the police said on Telegram. "They knew there were victims under the rubble -- so one had to react, dismantle, get them out and save them. And the enemy struck again.”Rescue operations are continuing at the scene.
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