Two women were heard sobbing as they watched officials carry out a search and rescue operation in the rubble of a bombed neighbourhood in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Footage from August 18 shows officials from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine clearing debris after multiple strikes hit the city killing 19 people and injuring 42.

The filmer told Newsflare that the two women were in shock and they still hoped to find their relatives and neighbours that were buried under the rubble.

A clip at the end of the video shows a forensic expert from the national police inspecting pieces of an Iskander missile that hit the block.

The two people hugging at 5:25 - this is a woman, and her relatives and neighbors are under the bricks. She is in shock and hopes to find relatives and hope they might be alive.

Man inspecting - this is the national police of Ukraine forensic expert. He inspects pieces of rocket called ISKANDER (previously) that hit the civilian people nearby.