Shahed UAVs attack on dormitory: death toll in Rzhyshchiv rises
At least eight people have been killed in an attack by Russian Iranian-made Shahed UAVs on a dormitory in Rzhyshchiv, Kyiv Oblast.
Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv Oblast on Facebook
Details: The eighth victim has been reported as of 18:00. Before that, seven people were known to have been killed.
According to the State Emergency Service, seven more people have been injured in the strike, and one person was rescued.
Four people are likely to be trapped under the rubble.
Clearing the rubble as well as search and rescue operations are ongoing.
The fourth and fifth floors of two five-storey dormitories and the three-storey academic building belonging to a vocational lyceum [specialised secondary school] were partially destroyed, followed by a fire, as a result of the Russian attack.
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.
- One of the Shahed UAVs hit a dormitory in Rzhyshchiv.
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