Severe weather leaves 10 dead and 23 injured in Ukraine

A total of 10 people have died, and another 23 people were injured, including two children, as a result of extreme weather in Ukraine.

Source: Ihor Klymenko, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, on the situation as of 08:30

Quote: "A total of 1,530 vehicles were towed from the snowdrifts. 10 people have died in Odesa, Kharkiv and Mykolaiv oblasts and in the city of Kyiv as a result of the severe weather conditions. 23 people were injured, including two children. Emergency response headquarters have been set up at the state and regional levels."

Details: In Odesa Oblast, State Emergency Service units were called out 254 times. 849 vehicles were towed away, including 24 buses and 17 emergency vehicles. Assistance was provided to 2,498 people, including 162 children. Five people died due to the severe weather, and another 15 were injured. Traffic on sections of the M-05 and M-15 roads was reversed.

In Mykolaiv Oblast, emergency workers responded to 66 calls and towed 144 cars away. Traffic remains difficult on some sections of roads. Two people died and two more were injured in Mykolaiv Oblast.

Klymenko said eight motorways in Mykolayiv and Kirovohrad oblasts remain closed to traffic. 411 settlements in 11 oblasts have been cut off from the power supply.

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