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The city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine found itself under attack as two Russian Iskander missiles rained down within a chillingly short span of 30 to 40 minutes.
Serhii Dobriak, the head of Pokrovsk City Military Administration confirmed the second missile killed and injured emergency service workers responding to the first strike.
Dobriak said on Telegram: “The first missile hit at 19:15, the second at 19:52. This is a standard Russo-fascist scenario – 30-40 minutes between missiles.
“When the State Emergency Service and rescuers arrive to save people, the second missile hits and so the number of victims increases.
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“The blast radius was very large – windows in many buildings were smashed, at least 2,000 windows.”
The Druzhba (Friendship) Hotel and Corleone pizzeria, both popular with journalists, were damaged in the attack according to geolocated footage from the scene.
Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of Donetsk Regional Military Administration, said in an update that among the seven people killed were five civilians, a rescuer and a serviceman.
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He said there were 81 people injured, including 39 civilians, two children, 31 police officers, seven rescuers and four military personnel.
He added: “As of 11am, 12 multi-story buildings were damaged, as well as a hotel, a prosecutor’s office, a pension fund, a pharmacy, two shops, two cafes and two civilian cars.”
Ukraine’s National Police reported the loss of Andrii Omelchenko, the deputy head of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service in the Donetsk region.
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