The miraculous rescue of a 12-year-old Ukrainian boy trapped after a Russian attack in Mykolaiv

Rescue services work to save a child trapped in the rubble in Mykolaiv (Ukraine). VIDEO: REUTERS Rescue services managed to get a minor imprisoned for six hours out of the ruins of his home alive After six harrowing hours, the child was rescued alive and transferred to a medical center Mykolaiv is one of the 40 towns hit by Russian attacks in the last few hours. Artem is only 12 years old, but he has already experienced the horror of war firsthand. He was trapped in the rubble of his home after an attack launched by Russia against the town of Mykolaiv, in southern Ukraine. For six harrowing hours, rescue teams struggled to get him out alive. And, finally, they succeeded. Later, the minor was transferred to a medical center, according to the Reuters agency, citing the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. “We believe that Artem will be fine,” the doctors said. It is a story of hope in a country torn apart by the invasion launched by Vladimir Putin more than seven months ago. The mayor of Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Senkevich, has reported on social media that the city was “massively bombed”. In the last few hours, Russian missiles have hit more than 40 locations. The Ukrainian authorities have reported the death of at least 17 civilians. Kirilo Tymoshenko, spokesman for the Ukrainian presidency, has indicated on his Telegram account that 11 people have died in the Donetsk region and another 13 have been injured, while in Zaporizhia Two fatalities and more than a dozen injured have been recorded. In addition, in the Mykolaiv region two people have died and six others have been injured, while in Kharkov another two people have lost their lives due to the explosion of anti-personnel mines and four others have been injured. Currently, Donetsk has become one of the main focuses of combat between Russia and Ukraine and one of the four Ukrainian regions that Moscow now claims as its own after an annexation decreed this month by Putin and that also extends to Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia. On the other hand, the air force Ukraine has carried out 32 strikes against 25 Russian targets, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.