Two emergency workers have been killed in southern Ukraine as they tried to extinguish a fire from an attack moments before, Ukrainian officials have said.
At least seven other people were wounded in the strikes in the Zaporizhzhia region, in which Russian forces were said to have fired three missiles in about half an hour, Yuriy Malashko, governor of the region, said.
After the first strike, rescue workers rushed to the scene, but another attack followed shortly afterwards, Ihor Klymenko, Ukraine’s interior minister said on the Telegram messaging app.
“Employees of the State Emergency Service were already at the scene in a matter of minutes. Then the (Russian) invaders struck again,” he said.
He said the two men killed were aged 31 and 34.
A further three emergency workers and four civilians were wounded, Mr Klymenko added.
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