Whole family of fire station chief killed in Russian drone attack on Pryluky

Whole family of fire station chief killed in Russian drone attack on Pryluky

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In Pryluky, Chernihiv region, on the night of June 5, a Russian drone hit a family home of a local fire station chief, killing his wife, a one-year-old son, and a daughter, who served as a patrol police officer.

This was reported by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Ihor Klymenko, Ukrinform saw.

At the time of the strike, the head of family was alongside other rescuers fighting fire at other sites of Russian drone attacks overnight Thursday.

Read also: Russian forces shell village in Chernihiv region, damage reported

In total, five people were killed and six more were wounded in town this night.

As Ukrinform reported, in the early hours of Thursday, June 5, the town of Sloviansk in Donetsk region came under a Russian drone attack. An emergency responder from the State Emergency Service suffered injuries.

Photo: Ministry of Internal Affairs/Klymenko

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