Dormitories were destroyed as a result of an enemy attack on the Kyiv region: there are casualties, people may remain under the rubble. Photo

A civilian facility was damaged in the Kyiv region as a result of a drone attack that occurred on the night of March 21-22. According to preliminary information, three people were killed.

The press service of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration reported on it. Rescuers are working at the scene.

"As a result of a night attack by drones on the Kyiv region, a civilian object was damaged. So far, three people have been reported dead. The information is being clarified. Units of the State Emergency Service, the National Police and the relevant emergency services are working at the site. The victims are provided with the necessary assistance", the Kyiv Regional Military Administration reported.

As the press service of the prosecutor's office of the Kyiv region clarified, the driver of an ambulance, who came to the call, was among the dead. According to preliminary data, seven people, including an 11-year-old child, were hospitalized in a medical facility.

The press service of the State Emergency Service of the Kyiv region specified that the 4th and 5th floors of two five-story dormitories and a three-story educational building of a professional lyceum were partially destroyed with subsequent fire as a result of an enemy attack on the town of Rzhyshchiv. At 06:50 a.m., the fire on an area of 330 square meters was extinguished.

According to the head of the Kyev Region Police Department, Andrii Niebytov, the first explosions in the city occurred around 3:00 a.m.

"Three dead, seven people were wounded as a result of drones strike the building of a dormitory in a district of the Kyiv region. The first explosions occurred around 3 a.m., followed by a number of others. Police and emergency services evacuated more than 200 people. Part of the dormitory building was almost completely destroyed. A fire broke out," the police general said.

Niebytov added that more than 20 people were taken to hospital, the fate of five more citizens is unknown.

According to the Kyiv City Military Administration, Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed all enemy objects in the airspace around the capital.

"The last air raidsiren in Kyiv lasted more than four hours. According to final information, about eight enemy Shahed-type UAVs were detected in the airspace around Kyiv. All the barraging munitions were successfully destroyed by our air defense forces," the Kyiv City Military Administration specified.

As OBOZREVATEL reported, on the night of March 22, the Russian occupation troops carried out another attack by Iranian-made kamikaze drones. In total, Russian terrorists launched 21 drones on the territory of our country.

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