The death toll from the Russian attack on Kyiv has risen to 12: rescue operations are ongoing

The death toll from the Russian night strike in Kyiv has risen to 12. Rescuers continue to clear the rubble of a building.

This was reported by the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv.

The head of the Kyiv City Military Administration said that the bodies of two more victims were recovered from under the rubble in the Svyatoshynskyi district. So the death toll has risen to 12.

“Rescuers have unblocked 2 more bodies from under the rubble in the Svyatoshynskyi district. There are already 12 dead,” he wrote.

As of 16:45, 90 injured were also reported. It is noted that rescue operations are still ongoing.

Interior Minister Igor Klymenko stressed that the rescue operation would continue until there was certainty that all the bodies had been removed from the rubble or that all the people who might still be there had been rescued. He also spoke about a man who spent 8 hours under the rubble before he could be rescued.

On the night of April 24, Russian troops struck Ukraine with missiles and drones. In particular, the “arrivals” were in Kyiv.

According to the latest data, 10 people were killed and 90 injured in the Russian attack. Among the injured were children and a pregnant woman. The occupiers terrorized Kyiv almost all night.

According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyі, there were over 200 air targets in total.

The number of deaths due to the Russian attack on Kiev has increased The number of deaths due to the Russian attack on Kiev has increased.

On the night of April 24, the Russians attacked Kyiv and a number of other cities in Ukraine with drones and missiles. The Russians carried out two missile attacks.

Thus, on the night of April 24, the Russian troops launched a massive strike on Kyiv and the region with missiles and attack drones. Falling debris from downed Russian targets was recorded in five districts of the capital, and searches for people are ongoing under the rubble of buildings.

The Svyatoshynskyi district suffered the most from the attack. Fires occurred in 6 locations. There is destruction. There, the occupiers shot at a residential building. Currently, a rescue operation is underway, in particular, 2 children are being searched.

Cars were burning in the Holosiivskyi district. In the Shevchenkivskyi district, fires were recorded in non-residential premises. In the Podilskyi district, there are also fires in non-residential buildings and destruction.