Russian attack on Rzhyshchiv: Death toll rises to 9, search operation completed
Rescuers have retrieved one more body from under the rubble of a hall of residence in the town of Rzhyshchiv in Kyiv Oblast. Thus, thee number of fatalities of the recent Russian attack rose to nine.
Source: State Emergency Service of Kyiv Oblast on Facebook; Viktoria Ruban, spokesperson of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, in a commentary for Ukrainska Pravda
Quote from Ruban: "The total number of victims of the attack is nine. The search and rescue operation in Rzhyshchiv has been completed."
Photo: State Emergency Service of Kyiv Oblast
Details: The State Emergency Service added that search and rescue crews were clearing the rubble for almost 24 hours; the work was finished at 00:52 on 23 March.
Photo: State Emergency Service of Kyiv Oblast
Andrii Niebytov, Chief of the National Police in Kyiv Oblast, said that the body of a 57-year-old woman, who was the school dormitory superintendent, was recovered from under the rubble at night.
In addition, as a result of the Russian attack, 9 people were injured and another 20 people went to hospital with minor injuries.
Niebytov called on Ukrainians not to ignore air-raid warnings and go to shelters.
Photo: State Emergency Service of Kyiv Oblast
Background:
Air-raid warnings were issued in the city of Kyiv and a number of Ukrainian oblasts on the night of 21-22 March.
Air defence systems were activated in Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi and Zhytomyr oblasts following a Russian attack.
Ukraine’s defence forces downed 16 out of 21 Russian Shahed-136 UAVs. In particular, eight enemy UAVs were detected over Kyiv, and all of them have been destroyed.
Earlier, it was reported that three people died and 7 more were injured in the Russian attack on the town of Rzhyshchiv in Kyiv Oblast last night. Dormitories were damaged.
Later, it became known that the number of victims of the nighttime drone attack by the Russians increased to 4, and 8 deaths were reported on the evening of 22 March.
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