Russian strike on Zhytomyr police headquarters kills two officers, number injured rise to 40 – photo
Ukraine's Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi has said two police officers, Captain Artem Zubchuk and Lieutenant Colonel Yuliia Yevdokymova, were killed in a Russian double-tap strike on the police headquarters in Zhytomyr.
Source: Vyhivskyi on Facebook
Quote: "A tragic day not only for the National Police of Ukraine, but for the entire Interior Ministry system. A cynical and deliberate strike. During the day, when the building was occupied not only by staff but also by civilian visitors.
When the air-raid warning was issued, most people managed to get to the shelter, but sadly, the double-tap strike claimed the lives of two police officers.
Artem Zubchuk. A police captain and senior operational officer with the Strategic Investigations Department in Zhytomyr Oblast. He was 32.
Yuliia Yevdokymova, aged 39. A police lieutenant colonel and assistant to the head of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Zhytomyr Oblast."
Details: Vyhivskyi noted that the number of people injured had risen to 40.
Quote: "Today, there were also briefings by Maksym Tsutskiridze, acting head of the National Police of Ukraine. Response procedures for staff when air-raid warnings are issued have been developed, but Russian terror requires security measures to be strengthened regularly."
Background: Russian forces attacked Zhytomyr with drones on 19 August, hitting the building of the Main Directorate of the National Police. Two police officers were reported to have been killed.
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