Russian attack on a Ukrainian TV station: the death toll grew to 19

The bombardment of the tower and an annex building of an administrative nature occurred on Monday morning when two Kremlin missiles hit the area

Guardar
FILE PHOTO: A view shows
FILE PHOTO: A view shows a convoy of pro-Russian troops during Ukraine-Russia conflict outside the separatist-controlled town of Volnovakha in the Donetsk region, Ukraine March 12, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo

There are already 19 people killed in the Russian attack that suffered a television tower on Monday in northern Ukraine, while the injured number 9, according to Ukrainian agencies on Tuesday.

“Unfortunately, we have to say that the number of victims is higher” to the encryption in the first balance made after the Rivne station bombing, said the head of the Rivne Military Administration, Vitaliy Koval, according to the news agency Ukrinform.

“The rubble is still being removed and, at 08:30 local time (06:30 GMT) this morning, we have 19 people dead and 9 injured,” Koval said.

As he explained, the number of victims is not yet definitive and it is expected that the debris removal work in the area can be completed within the next few hours.

Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky in Rivne, northern Ukraine, on Wednesday, February 16, 2022. (Press Office of the President of Ukraine via AP)

The attack on the television station and an annex building of an administrative nature occurred on Monday morning when two Russian missiles hit the area, according to sources.

According to Kobal, access to television had already been restored in the afternoon in the northern part of the Rivne region, through the cable network.

The town is just 160 kilometers from the border with Poland, which is part of NATO, and the attack coincided with an advance of the Russian invasion.

(With information from EFE, AFP and AP)

KEEP READING:

Guardar