Seven killed in Sloviansk as rescue workers spend five days clearing rubble

According to Ukrinform, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported this on Facebook. “Emergency rescue operations in Sloviansk lasted five days. The bodies of seven people were recovered from the rubble, including a State Emergency Service employee. Another 12 people were injured,” the agency said. Rescue workers cleared the rubble at the sites of Russian strikes while facing the constant threat of further airstrikes and drone attacks. The work was complicated by extensive destruction and the large volume of collapsed building materials. During the rescue operation, emergency workers recovered the bodies of four people, including a State Emergency Service employee, from the ruins of one building and three more from the other.