Dead man pulled out of rubble in Kyiv, 10 more people searched for, number of casualties rises sharply – photo

In Kyiv, the body of a dead man has been pulled from under the rubble of a warehouse, ten people are being searched for, and the total number of injured in the city has risen to 20.

Source: Kyiv City Military Administration, Mayor Vitali Klitschko

Quote from Klitschko: "The body of one casualty has been removed from under the rubble of a warehouse in the Shevchenkivskyi district of the capital.

The search and rescue operation continues. Before that, rescue workers freed three casualties from under the rubble. They have been hospitalised by medics." 

Details: Kyiv City Military Administration reported that 17 people had been injured in the capital. 

Updated: At 10:13, Klitschko confirmed that 1 person had been killed and 17 injured had been hospitalised in the city's medical facilities. Three of the injured were treated on the spot. Four people have been rescued from under the rubble of a warehouse in Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi district.

The Kyiv City Military Administration reported at 10:35 that a search and rescue operation was underway in the Podilskyi district, where a fire broke out in a warehouse covering an area of about 3,000 square metres. Early reports indicate that 10 people are trapped under the rubble. Emergency workers are responding.

Background: 

• An air-raid warning was issued in Kyiv and all over Ukraine due to a Russian missile attack. Air defence systems were operating in the capital.
• In Kyiv, wreckage fell in the Podilskyi, Sviatoshynskyi, Shevchenkivskyi and Darnytskyi districts. A residential building was damaged in the Shevchenkivskyi district, and a fire was reported in a warehouse and non-residential building. At least six people were reported injured there.
• Earlier, Kyiv City Military Administration reported that seven had been injured in Kyiv.

Updated: Kyiv City Military Administration stressed that exactly one year ago - on 29 December 2022 - the Russian aggressor launched one of the most massive combined air strikes on Kyiv. Sixteen out of 16 missiles were shot down over Kyiv that day.

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