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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Samantha Lock and Lorenzo Tondo

Chasiv Yar death toll rises to 34 in one of Russia’s deadliest attacks so far

Rescuers extract a body from a residential building damaged by a Russian military strike in the town of Chasiv Yar, in Donetsk region, Ukraine on 10 July.
Rescuers extract a body from a residential building damaged by a Russian military strike in the town of Chasiv Yar, in Donetsk region, Ukraine on 10 July. Photograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters

The death toll from a missile strike on a five-storey apartment block in Chasiv Yar, eastern Ukraine, has reached 34 as rescue teams continued to retrieve bodies from the rubble.

According to Kyiv, the residential building was hit by Russian rockets fired from truck-borne systems late on Saturday evening.

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