The death toll from a Russian strike on an Epitsentr hardware store in Kharkiv on May 25 increased to 17 after another body was found under the rubble.
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The death toll from a Russian strike on an Epitsentr hardware store in Kharkiv on May 25 has increased to 17 as one more body was found under the rubble.
Last night, another body was found at the lamp sales department.
Search is ongoing, there may still be bodies in the hypermarket.
Investigators and criminalists had been working almost without rest for the third day.
The work in the laboratory continues – last night, specialists identified two more victims.
As of May 27, Syniehubov said that the death toll had risen to 18, with another 48 injured.
Death toll from Russian airstrike on Kharkiv hypermarket reached 16, including a 12-year-old girl and two store employees
Russian losses in Kharkiv Oblast exceeded 600 personnel, including 416 from the '300th' unit and 226 from the '200th' unit.
On 27 May, the 8-year-old son of a missing Epicentre employee underwent DNA sampling at the police headquarters.
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