Under the rubble of a house destroyed by an earthquake in the Turkish city of Antakya, the bodies of a deceased family from Zaporozhye were found, Ukrinform reported, citing relatives of the victims..

According to the father of the deceased woman, Sergei Petrov, his daughter and grandchildren were found under the rubble last night.

We are talking about Yulia Petrova and her two sons - Zakhara (10 years old) and Matvey (5 years old). She and her children have been in Turkey since April 2022.

" Representatives of the embassy are dealing with these issues,"

Sergei Petrov said that he spoke with his family for the last time on February 5 in the evening, and the earthquake itself occurred at 4 am on Monday, February 6, after which they stopped communicating.

As Suspilne notes in turn, the husband of the deceased is a serviceman who was recently wounded and treated in Zaporozhye.

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An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 shook Turkey on the morning of February 6. Subsequently, another earthquake of magnitude 7.6 shook the region in the afternoon.. As a result, thousands of people died in southern Turkey and northern Syria.. As of 14, almost 32,000 deaths are known in Turkey and about 6,000 victims in Syria..

At present, the Embassy of Ukraine in Turkey was able to establish contact with 136 citizens of Ukraine living in the disaster area. It is already known that five citizens of Ukraine died as a result of the earthquake, the fate of five more remains unknown..