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Bournemouth aid worker footage shows Ukraine hotel missile strike

Footage from Karol Swiacki showed the aftermath of the attack

An aid worker has survived a Russian missile attack on a hotel in Ukraine.

Karol Swiacki, founder of Ukraine Relief in Bournemouth, said he and his team were caught in the attack on Kryvyi Rih overnight.

The strike has killed at least four people and 31 have been injured, according to the city’s regional governor.

The city is Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelensky’s hometown. He is currently attending an EU emergency summit where he has thanked European leaders for their “strong support”.

Karol Swiacki It's nighttime. Karol Swiacki has his back to the camera and he looks through the driver's door of his white transit van, which has been hit by the missile strike. All around him is rubble and collapsed parts of the hotel building. He is using his torch to look in the van and wears jeans, boots, a beige coat and cap.Karol Swiacki

The strike killed at least four people

Mr Swiacki, who has previously won a BBC award for his work providing aid to refugee centres in Ukraine, contacted the BBC saying his team were in the hotel when the missile hit.

Sending images and videos of the destruction, he also sent a short message.

“We were attacked in the hotel in Kryvyi Rih. Everyone from our team alive. Many dead and wounded. I’m sorry it happening to you Ukraine. We won’t give up,” Mr Swiacki said.

Karol Swiacki Some of the aftermath captured by Karol in daylight. Shows a beige building hit by the missile. All the glass from the windows is gone and there are sections of the roof missing and rubble covering the floor. There is a lorry filled with rubble and a blue van to the right of the image which has broken windows and another van behind it covered in rubble and covered in dents from the impact.Karol Swiacki

It is the second time the hotel has been targeted in five months

Yuriy Sak, an adviser to Ukraine’s Ministry of Strategic Industries, described the strike as an attack on “a civilian, peaceful hotel”.

It has been reported the missile also damaged 13 apartment blocks and 12 shops – it is the second time this hotel has been targeted in five months.

Speaking at the EU emergency summit, President Zelensky told leaders: “During all this period, and last week, you stayed with us.

“We are not alone, and these are not just words, we feel it.”


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