Three days of mourning announced in Cherkasy Oblast after Russian attack on Uman

Three days of mourning have been announced in Cherkasy Oblast after a Russian missile hit a multi-storey residential building in Uman on the morning of 28 April. Source: Ihor Taburets, Head of Cherkasy Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram Quote: "A terrible tragedy for the whole Cherkasy Oblast.

We are announcing a three-day mourning period in the oblast." Details: A search and rescue operation is ongoing. As of 14:47, 17 people have been reported dead.

Background:

• On 28 April, a Russian missile hit a multi-storey residential building in Uman, Cherkasy Oblast.

  Ukraine's Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported from the scene that the occupiers had hit a house in Uman with a X-101 missile. This resulted in the collapse of an entire stairwell of a building where 109 people were living or registered. Twenty-seven apartments were completely destroyed. Thirty-three cars were completely burned out or damaged.

  Emergency rescue workers are doing their best to clear the rubble as soon as possible.

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