Death toll in Sloviansk rises again under house rubble

Rescuers in Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, have extracted the bodies of two more people from under the rubble of a house destroyed by Russians. The press secretary of the State Emergencies Service in Donetsk Region, Veronika Bakhal, said in a commentaryto Suspilne.

Thus the death toll from yesterday's shelling of the city has risen to 11, with 21 more people injured.

People remain under the rubble.

We shall remind you that Russian occupants shelled residential areas of Slovyansk. As of the morning of 15 April, there were 9 dead and 21 wounded. Among the dead is a 2-year-old child.

The strike damaged five multi-storey buildings, five private houses, a school, a recreation centre, an administration building, a shop, a utility centre, and 12 vehicles.