“Fragments of the body of another person were found. Rescue and search work at the scene of the tragedy continues,” Terekhov wrote.
On January 4, Terekhov added that another body of the deceased was found. “Another fragment of a body was found at the site of Friday’s explosions. Thus, the number of deaths from Friday’s explosions has increased to five,” he wrote.
On January 3, the police noted that they were looking for five more people under the rubble who had not made contact.
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On January 2, a shopping center and a residential high-rise building were destroyed by an explosion in the old center of Kharkov.
At night, rescuers reported 31 victims, including an infant.
President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky noted that, according to preliminary data, two Russian missiles hit residential buildings.
Local media wrote that the air raid warning did not go off before the explosions; the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that they allegedly did not fire at Kharkov at that time.
The victims included a three-year-old boy and likely his 22-year-old mother.
