"After the coalition's morning strikes in the capital Sanaa, 6 people died, dozens are injured, including 2 Russian women", spokesman for the Yemeni Ministry of Health, Usef al Hadiri told Sputnik.
The spokesman continued on by saying that the wounded Russian women live in the area that was bombed. During the strike, one of them was at home, the other one was on the street. It is known that one of the women is married to a Yemeni man, according to the spokesman.
The injured Russian women worked in the healthcare sector, they are currently in a hospital, the TV broadcaster reported.
"My wife's name is Shuk al Nuaimi, she is 33 years old. Her sister's name is Oksana al Nuaimi, she is 20 years old. They have a Russian mother, and their father is a Yemeni man. They were injured by building debris after an air strike this morning. My wife suffered a muscle rupture in her leg; she had an operation. Her chest has also been injured. Our children were also at the centre of events, but they were not hurt", Osan Balaid, the husband of the Russian woman injured during the coalition's strike in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, told Sputnik.
According to the broadcaster, reportedly controlled by the Ansar Allah movement, known as the Houthis, the coalition's warplanes hit the residential area at the intersection of Rabat and Rakas streets in Sanaa. Rescue teams that arrived at the scene continue to extract victims from the rubble.
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