Two killed as Russian air strike hits homes in Sloviansk

Two people were killed in a Russian air strike on Sloviansk in Ukraine's Donetsk region, Ukraine's State Emergency Service (SES) said.

The strike hit a one-storey private house and a three-storey apartment block. People were trapped under the rubble.

Rescuers clearing the collapsed house found body parts. They were handed to police for identification.

Rescuers pulled the body of a woman, born in 1973, from the three-storey building.

Rescuers and municipal services cleared a total of 41.5 tonnes of debris. The rescue work is over.