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Body of 8-year-old child found under rubble in Novohrodivka

The girl's parents, who are believed to be under the rubble, have not yet been found. 

Body of 8-year-old child found under rubble in Novohrodivka
Photo: Oleksandr Shevchenko/Novohrodiv RMA

In Novohrodivka, Donetsk Region, the body of a child was found under the rubble of a three-storey residential building in the city centre after an enemy missile hit it.

"As of the morning of 04.12.2023, the body of a girl was removed from the rubble. The child's parents, who are probably still under the rubble, have not been found," Oleksandr Shevchenko - head of the Novohrodiv RMA - has said.

Search operations are ongoing.

A three-day mourning period has been declared in Novohrodiv community for the residents killed in the shelling. The mourning will last from Monday, 4 December, to Wednesday, 6 December. 

On the night of 29 November, an enemy S-300 missile hit a 3-storey building in the centre of the town. The bodies of two more victims were found under the rubble. 

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