Vladimir Shandra, Viktor Yushchenko and Yuliya Timoshenko

From right to left: Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Emergencies Minister Volodymyr Shandra visit a shattered five-storey block in the Black Sea resort of Yevpatoria at the Crimea, Ukraine, December 25, 2008. An explosion tore through an apartment building in southern Ukraine killing at least 11 people and leaving up to 24 trapped under the rubble, an emergency official said. The blast leveled part of the five-floor building in the Crimea peninsula resort of Yevpatoriya and destroyed 35 apartments. Children were among the dead following the blast late 24 December, with a gas leak the suspected cause. 21 people had been rescued, four of whom were hospitalized. The explosion hit at around 9 45 p.m. local time, when most of the destroyed sections 62 registered inhabitants would have been home. Photo by Aleksandr Prokopenko / POOL / UNIAN