Death toll from Russian attack on Chasiv Yar rises to 34

• Nine victims have been rescued from the rubble, ‘Work is ongoing’, says Ukraine's emergency services

The death toll from the Russian rocket strike on the apartment building in Chasiv Yar has grown to 34, according to Ukraine's State Emergency Service. 

A nine-year-old kid was among those killed, the department said in a telegram post. 

After the residential structure was hit over the weekend, search and rescue crews were racing to reach people trapped in the wreckage.

Chasiv Yar, with a population of 12,000 people, is roughly 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of Kramatorsk was targeted by Russian Uragan rockets fired from truck-borne weapons.

Earlier on June 28, at least 19 people were killed when a Russian missile struck a retail mall in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk.

Picture Credits: Reuters 

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