Ukrainian Police Rescue Elderly Woman From Burning House After Drone Strike

Kharkiv Region, Ukraine – Police officers carried an elderly woman with limited mobility out of her burning home after a Russian drone hit the village of Mala Danylivka on October 24.

Body camera footage released by police in Kharkiv region shows officers entering the damaged house, finding the woman in a room and helping her out, as smoke and flames rise from the house and vehicles outside.

The strike set the house on fire and badly damaged it, trapping the woman in one of the rooms, police said. A garage and two civilian cars were also damaged.

Officers called an ambulance, and medics diagnosed the woman with an acute stress reaction. Police urged residents not to ignore air raid alerts and to go to shelters when they can.