Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the State Emergency Service has saved more than 11,600 people

In Ukraine, rescue workers celebrate a professional holiday on September 17. The Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Ihor Klymenko, told how many people were saved by the State Emergency Service from the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation.

According to him, rescuers have saved more than 11,600 people since the beginning of the full-scale war. Of them, 5,357 were retrieved from the rubble of buildings destroyed by the enemy. Also, 3,009 people were rescued from household fires, 2,112 – at mining facilities, 564 – in the mountains, 476 – at reservoirs, 141 – during the liquidation of emergency situations.