Police have completed search operations at the Kharkiv construction hypermarket where Russian military launched airstrikes on 25 May. Law enforcement officers identified all 19 bodies of the victims.
This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
‘The victims were searched for around the clock among the ashes with the help of special equipment, and were quickly identified using a DNA laboratory. Forensic experts conducted more than 100 tests. The police were approached by 16 relatives of the missing persons who provided biological samples for examination,’ the police said.
The attacks on the hypermarket in Kharkiv killed 12 men and 7 women. The victims include a 17-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl. Another 54 people were injured.