TERNOPIL, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ihor Cherepanskyi holds out little hope of seeing his great-grandmother alive. She is buried in the rubble of her apartment block in the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil which stands half-destroyed after a Russian drone and missile attack.

The top floors of the building have collapsed leaving a huge hole in the structure. Rescue workers scour twisted metal and lumps of concrete for signs of survivors more than 24 hours after the strike.

Authorities say at least 26 people are confirmed to have been killed in Ternopil, many of them in this building.

A further 22 are missing, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday, meaning it is likely to surpass the worst civilian toll in a Russian attack this year after 32 people died in the capital Kyiv on July 31.

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