“As of the morning of November 20, rescuers continue to clear the debris at the site of the destroyed high-rise building in Ternopil, and more than 20 people are still unable to get in touch.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: video from the social networks of the head of state, spokesman of the State Emergency Service Oleksandr Khorunzhy in a comment to “Ukrainian Pravda”
Details: According to the spokesman of the State Emergency Service Oleksandr Khorunzhy, as of the morning of November 20, more than 20 people are not able to get in touch (Zelensky calls the number 22 people – ed.), rescuers continue to sort out the debris. When asked how many apartments were destroyed in the building hit by a Russian missile, Khorunzhy said that, according to preliminary data, 24 apartments were destroyed.
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The enemy strike took the lives of 26 people, including 3 children. 93 people were injured, including 18 children. 46 people were saved. Rescue workers worked all night.
More than 700 square meters of debris were dismantled, 230 cubic meters of destroyed structures were removed.
Prehistory:
- On the night of November 19, Russia struck an industrial facility and two residential buildings located on the territory of the “Sonyachny” massif. As a result of the shelling, significant destruction and casualties among the civilians of the city were recorded.
- The Air Force confirmed that apartment buildings in the city of Ternopil were hit by Russian Kh-101 cruise missiles fired from strategic aircraft: 6 Tu-95MS (airport based “Olenya”), 4 Tu-160MS (airports based “Engels” and “Ukrainka”). The regions of the launches are the Vologda and Astrakhan regions of the Russian Federation.
- As of 4:00 p.m., fragments of one of the cruise missiles that hit the nine-story building on November 19 were found and identified. This is the Kh-101 missile, manufactured in the fourth quarter of 2025.