Senior firefighter-rescuer, civil protection sergeant Igor Verbitsky died in the line of duty while extinguishing a fire in the temporarily occupied Balakliya, Kharkiv region. While extinguishing a fire, Russia struck again.

" Igor Verbitsky was wounded in the head, which turned out to be incompatible with life,"

" Despite everything, the rescuers remain loyal to the Ukrainian people, stand guard over the safety of citizens. Victory will be ours! "

During four months of full-scale armed Russian aggression against Ukraine, 5 employees of the Kharkiv garrison of the State Emergency Service (3 sappers and 2 rescuers) were killed, 15 were injured.

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On Sunday, June 26, Russian troops shelled Kharkov, Chuguevsky and Kharkov districts of the region. As a result of the shelling, two civilians were killed, five were injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the UVA, said..