Missing for over three days: Rescuers find 5-year-old boy lost in forest in Prykarpattia

Missing for over three days: Rescuers find 5-year-old boy lost in forest in Prykarpattia

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In the Ivano-Frankivsk region, rescuers from the Special Aviation Detachment of the State Emergency Service found a five-year-old boy who had been missing for more than three days in a wooded area. The child was found at 05:54 on Saturday, June 21, with the help of drone surveillance.

The State Emergency Service shared the news and footage on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.

Since the start of the search and rescue operation, 5,500 hectares of land—4,600 of which were forested—were surveyed. Drones were deployed to scan an additional 8,902 hectares. Divers also examined 12 reservoirs covering 7,700 square meters and searched 155 hectares of shoreline.

An interagency coordination headquarters operated on-site throughout the search.

As previously reported by Ukrinform, the child went missing on June 17 in the forest near the village of Troitsia, located in the Kolomyia district.

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