Ukrainian women pulled alive from rubble seven hours after Russian strike

Rescue crews working through the night have pulled two Ukrainian women from the rubble more than seven hours after a Russian missile struck a private medical clinic in southern Zaporizhzhia city, killing six people and injuring 22 others, Ukraine’s emergency services said.

- HANNA ARHIROVA

The women called rescue services on their mobile phones to say they were buried under the rubble after the attack late on Tuesday. Deadly Russian strikes on civilian areas have been a feature of Vladimir Putin’s almost three-year war.