Pryluky Strike Death Toll Rises to 22 as Rescue Work Continues

Updated Oct. 8: The death toll from the Russian missile strike on an apartment building in Pryluky, northern Ukraine, has risen to 22, including five children, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said. The agency reported 54 people injured, including seven children, as rescue crews continued searching the rubble. The Associated Press reported that rescuers pulled 15 people from the building, including a child. The strike was part of a wider missile-and-drone barrage across Kyiv and more than a dozen Ukrainian regions. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a cruise missile directly hit the residential building. Casualty figures across the country have continued to change as authorities report new findings; the latest confirmed Pryluky toll is 22 dead. Sources: [Associated Press, Oct. 8 update](https://apnews.com/article/7f395d215bb67082da29f9c4467ef776) · [Associated Press, earlier report on the wider attack](https://apnews.com/article/650e298d7bc3881351533683ff4040ed).