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Firefighters rest on floor between Russian attacks in viral footage

A video circulating widely on Sept. 29 shows Kyiv rescuers sitting on the floor in full protective gear as they take a brief rest between responses to Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital.

29 September, 03:19 PM

SES honors on their professional day 130 rescuers killed in war

Ukraine marks Rescuer's Day on Sept. 17. On this professional holiday, employees of the State Emergency Service remembered 130 colleagues who were killed during the full-scale war, according to the agency’s press service.

17 September, 01:45 PM

Russian drone strike on Kherson minibus kills one, wounds three others

Russian forces attacked a minibus with a drone in Kherson’s Korabelnyi district on June 16, killing a man at the scene, Kherson Oblast Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin said.

16 June, 10:54 AM

Ukraine names four rescuers killed in follow-up Russian strike on Kharkiv

Four rescuers were killed in Kharkiv in a follow-up Russian strike on a civilian business overnight on June 15, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said, naming the victims.

15 June, 03:50 PM

Dnipro deputy mayor comes under Russian double-tap attack

Russian forces launched repeat strikes on Dnipro on April 25, just as emergency services and utility crews arrived at impact sites. Deputy Mayor Yurii Yandulskyi and other city officials came under one of those barrages, Mayor Borys Filatov said.

25 April, 05:39 PM

Russia strikes Sumy rescue workers twice in one night

Russian forces carried out a second strike on emergency responders in Sumy as they conducted post-attack operations following an overnight assault, Ukraine's State Emergency Service reported on March 22.

22 March, 11:45 AM

Russian drones hit hotel in central Sumy in double-tap attack

Russian forces conducted a double-tap drone strike on a hotel in the center of Sumy, targeting emergency responders who arrived at the scene, local governor Oleh Hryhorov reported on Feb. 27.

27 February, 10:06 AM

Russia launches double strike on medics and rescuers in Kyiv

Russia launched a repeated strike on emergency service workers and three medics who were providing assistance in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district after its brutal night attack, National Police reported on Jan. 9.

9 January, 09:06 AM

Double-tap tactic: Russian forces target rescuers in Kharkiv and Kherson

Russian forces carried out deliberate double-strike attacks on emergency workers in Kharkiv and Kherson on July 6, hitting them after they responded to initial strikes, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service reported.

6 July 2025, 03:33 PM

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