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Russian Missile Attack Kills 22 Ukrainians in Pryluky; Jewish Families Unharmed
A Russian missile strike on the city of Pryluky in northern Ukraine's Chernihiv region on Wednesday killed 22 civilians, including five children, and injured 54 others. The attack caused heavy damage to residential buildings, leaving hundreds of homes and apartments damaged, with local authorities fearing more people may be trapped under the rubble.
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What happened
- 01A Russian missile strike on Wednesday killed 22 civilians, including five children, in the Ukrainian city of Pryluky.
- 02The attack injured 54 people and caused heavy damage to hundreds of homes and residential buildings in the city.
- 03Two apartments belonging to Jewish families were severely damaged by the blast wave, but all residents escaped unharmed.
- 04Rabbi Israel Silverstein reported that one Jewish family was away during the strike, while another resident was home but uninjured.
- 05Pryluky has a population of 55,000, including about 250 Jewish residents, down from a historical Jewish population of 8,000 in 1900.
- 06The Federation of Jewish Communities in Ukraine condemned the strike as Russian terror and highlighted the ongoing civilian casualties.
Two apartments belonging to Jewish families in adjacent buildings were severely damaged by the blast wave, but all residents escaped unharmed. According to Rabbi Israel Silverstein, the Chabad emissary and chief rabbi of Chernihiv who also oversees Pryluky, one Jewish family was not home at the time of the strike, while another resident was inside his apartment but was not injured.
Pryluky is a city of approximately 55,000 residents and is currently home to about 250 Jewish inhabitants. Historically, the city had a large Jewish community that numbered around 8,000 in 1900, and an underground synagogue operated there after World War II until 1977.
The Federation of Jewish Communities in Ukraine condemned the attack, calling it Russian terror and highlighting the daily price Ukrainian civilians are paying. The federation also recalled a recent strike in Kyiv two weeks prior that killed a teenager with Israeli citizenship.
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