Deadly strike on apartment building in east Ukraine

(10 Jul 2022) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS   Chasiv Yar - 10 July 2022 1. Wide shot of destroyed residential building, emergency workers and bulldozers at work 2. Bulldozer moving rubble 3. Emergency workers moving debris 4. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Iryna Shulimova, local resident: "I used to know all the people who lived there. I was told that one child was killed. There was only one family with a child. It was Iryna with her nine-year-old child. So we came to find our (neighbours), maybe somebody already left, I don't know." 5. Wide of damaged building 6. Various of emergency workers 7. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Iryna Shulimova, local resident: "Now we are afraid of everything. We are afraid of night, we are afraid of this day, because we don't know what it brings us." 8. Various of emergency workers at site STORYLINE: At least 15 people were killed when a Russian rocket hit an apartment building in the eastern Ukraine town of Chasiv Yar, officials said on Sunday. They added that more than 20 people may still be trapped in the rubble. The Ukrainian emergency services said rescuers made voice contact with at least three people trapped in the rubble. Local residents looked on in disbelief and shock as the rescue operation continued. One local resident said she had heard reports that a child was among the dead, and feared for the wellbeing of a nine-year-old girl she knew, who lived in the building. Iryna Shulimova said locals were scared of what may happen next. "Now we are afraid of everything. We are afraid of night, we are afraid of this day, because we don't know what it brings us," she explained. Chasiv Yar lies about 20 kilometres (12 miles) southeast of Kramatorsk, a city that is expected to be a major target of Russian forces as they grind westward. The Saturday night rocket strike was the latest in a recent burst of high-casualty attacks on civilian structures. At least 19 people died when a Russian missile hit a shopping mall in the city of Kremenchuk in late June. Twenty-one people were killed when an apartment building and recreation area came under rocket fire in the southern Odesa region this month. Russia has repeatedly claimed that it is hitting only targets of military value in the war. The governor of the Donetsk region that includes Chasiv Yar said the town of about 12,000 was hit by Uragan rockets, which are fired from truck-borne systems. There was no comment on Chasiv Yar at a Russian Defence Ministry briefing on Sunday. === AP video shot by Inna Varenytsia =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected] (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...