Woman's body found under rubble of destroyed building in Kharkiv

The death toll from a Russian missile attack on Kharkiv has risen after the body of a woman was found under the rubble of a destroyed building.

Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov announced this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.

"Another body has been found under the rubble of the destroyed building. According to preliminary information, it is a woman," he wrote.

As reported earlier, rescuers at the impact site recovered the body of a child. According to Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Regional Military Administration, the child had been under the rubble together with the mother.

Search and rescue operations are ongoing.

On January 2 at around 14:30, Russian troops struck a residential building in Kharkiv with two Iskander missiles. Thirty-one people were injured, 16 of whom were hospitalized. One woman is in a critical condition.

Photo: Main Department of the State Emergency Service in the Kharkiv Region