Russian shelling in Kyiv Region kills 5, 3 of them children

Friday, 4 March 2022, 17:24

At least five people, three of them children, have been killed because of shelling by the Russian troops in the village of Markhalivka in the Kyiv region.

Source: Press service of the State Emergency Service

Details: Russian invading forces fired on a village in the Fastiv district (southwest of Kyiv) at about 3:24 p.m., causing a fire in eight private houses.

Five residents died, including three children. Rescuers managed to evacuate two more children from under the rubble.

There is currently information that another woman may be under the rubble.

At about 4:55 p.m., rescuers managed to put out the fire.

There are 14 state emergency servicemen and 3 vehicle units at the scene.