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Yahoo
4 days ago
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Injured State Emergency Service workers share photos from hospital and talk about their condition
Injured press officers of the State Emergency Service in Kyiv have shown photos from hospital. On the night of 6 June, they were injured in a repeat Russian attack on the site of another strike. Source: Photos from the medical facility were posted on social media by Pavlo Petrov, the injured spokesperson of the SES Details: In the photo, he and his colleague Inna Zhelnyk are lying in hospital beds. Pavlo has scratches on his face. "These photos are probably a little different from what you are used to seeing on my account, but that's that. We are alive, and that is the main thing. As for the rest, it'll get better, it'll heal," wrote the press officer. The State Emergency Service employee said that phones, cameras and bulletproof vests of his colleague Inna were left at the site of the Russian attack, so they will have to restore their mobile numbers. Photographer and editor-in-chief of Frontliner Andrii Dubchak has launched a fundraiser to help the wounded Pavlo Petrov. Background: On the night of 5-6 June, Russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukrainian cities with 452 air weapons. The strike resulted in 13 hits and debris falling. In Ternopil, 10 people were injured in the attack, including 5 emergency workers. Russia also struck Lviv, Chernihiv and Lutsk, where 30 people were injured and two more were killed. Three State Emergency Service workers were killed while clearing up the aftermath of the night strikes on the capital, working under fire. Nine more of their colleagues were injured. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
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4 days ago
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Russia injures two State Emergency Service press officers in Kyiv on Ukraine's Journalist Day
Pavlo Petrov and Inna Zhelchyk, press officers from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, sustained injuries as a result of a large-scale combined Russian strike on Kyiv on the night of 5-6 June, which fell on Journalist Day in Ukraine. Source: Ihor Klymenko, Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs, on Telegram Quote: "On Journalist Day, during the aftermath response to yet another attack, two press service employees from the Main Department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv were injured: Pavlo Petrov, head of the communications unit, and his colleague Inna Zhelchyk. Despite being injured himself, Pavlo saved his colleague." Details: Klymenko reported that the press officers are receiving medical assistance. Background: On the night of 5-6 June, Russian forces launched a combined drone and missile attack on Kyiv. As a result of the strikes, three employees of the State Emergency Service were killed. A total of 23 people were injured, including 14 emergency workers. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
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24-04-2025
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Russian attack on Kyiv: bodies of two people retrieved from under rubble, death toll rises to 10
The death toll from the latest large-scale Russian missile attack on Kyiv has risen to ten. Emergency workers have recovered the bodies of a 27-year-old woman and another person from under the rubble of a residential building in the Sviatoshynskyi district of the Ukrainian capital. Source: Pavlo Petrov, spokesperson for the Kyiv branch of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda; Ukraine's Ministry of Internal Affairs; Ukraine's State Emergency Service Quote: "About 30 minutes ago, rescue workers retrieved the body of a woman from under the rubble in the Sviatoshynskyi district." The search and rescue operations at the site of the Russian strike Photo: State Emergency Service Details: It was later reported by Ukraine's Ministry of Internal Affairs that the deceased was a 27-year-old woman. As of now, search and rescue operations are ongoing. Update: At 16:53, emergency workers reported recovering the body of another person from under the rubble. Quote: "As of 16:45, the death toll from the Russian strike on the capital has risen to 10, with 90 people injured. Search and rescue operations continue." Background: Ukraine came under a large-scale combined Russian attack on the night of 23-24 April. Air defence systems were activated. As of 06:00, nine people had been killed and 63 injured in the city of Kyiv, including six children and a pregnant woman. Hits on civilian infrastructure had also been recorded. By morning, it was reported that the number of casualties had already exceeded 70, while phones were heard ringing from under the rubble of a building destroyed by the Russians in the Sviatoshynskyi district of Kyiv. The search and rescue operation is ongoing. Two children are among those being searched for. Rescue workers later reported pulling a man out alive from the ruins of the destroyed building. As of 15:00, eight people were confirmed dead following the Russian strike on Kyiv's Sviatoshynskyi district. One body part remains unidentified. A total of 90 people have been injured, with 44 taken to hospital. As a result of the strike, siblings Nikita, 21, and Sofiia, 19, were killed. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
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24-04-2025
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Man pulled alive from under rubble of house in Kyiv
Emergency workers have pulled a man alive from under the ruins of a house destroyed by Russian forces in the Sviatoshynskyi district of Kyiv. Source: Pavlo Petrov, spokesperson for the State Emergency Service in Kyiv, on the national joint 24/7 newscast Quote from Petrov: "Rescue workers have found a man alive. He is reported to be under 30 years old. He had been trapped under the rubble for over six hours." Details: Petrov mentioned that the man was conscious, which aided rescuers in locating him. "We took a moment of silence, and he responded to the rescue workers' voice," Petrov said. Background: On the night of 23-24 April, Russian forces launched a large-scale combined attack on Ukraine, with Ukrainian air defence units responding. As of 06:00, reports indicated that the Russian strikes on Kyiv had resulted in 9 deaths and 63 injuries, including 6 children and a pregnant woman. Civilian infrastructure was also impacted. By morning, the number of injured had risen to over 70. Additionally, phones were heard ringing from beneath the rubble of a building destroyed by Russian forces in the Sviatoshynskyi district of Kyiv. Search and rescue operations are currently underway, including efforts to locate two children trapped in the debris. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
