Russian attack on Kyiv: body of woman retrieved from under rubble, death toll rises to 9
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Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:39:59 +0300
The death toll from Russias largescale attack on Kyiv has risen to nine rescue workers have retrieved the body of a woman from under the rubble in the Sviatoshynskyi district.
Source Pavlo Petrov, spokesperson for the Kyiv branch of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda Ukraines Ministry of Internal Affairs Quote About 30 minutes ago, rescue workers retrieved the body of a woman from under the rubble in the Sviatoshynskyi district.
Details It was later reported by Ukraines Ministry of Internal Affairs that the deceased was a 27yearold woman.
As of now, search and rescue operations are ongoing.
Background Ukraine came under a largescale combined Russian attack on the night of 2324 April.
Air defence systems were activated.
As of 0600, nine people had been killed and 63 injured in the city of Kyiv, including six children and a pregnant woman.
Hits on civilian infrastructure had also been recorded.
By morning, it was reported that the number of casualties had already exceeded 70, while phones were heard ringing from under the rubble of a building destroyed by the Russians in the Sviatoshynskyi district of Kyiv.
The search and rescue operation is ongoing.
Two children are among those being searched for.
Rescue workers later reported pulling a man out alive from the ruins of the destroyed building.
As of 1500, eight people were confirmed dead following the Russian strike on Kyivs Sviatoshynskyi district.
One body part remains unidentified.
A total of 90 people have been injured, with 44 taken to hospital. As a result of the strike, siblings Nikita, 21, and Sofiia, 19, were killed.
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