Death toll in strike on Mykolayiv Regional Administration rises to 7

The death of seven people under the rubble of building of the Mykolayiv Regional State Administration hit by a Russian missile has been confirmed. 

"As of 13:30, the bodies of seven people were removed at the scene of the destruction. Twenty-two people were injured," the State Emergency Service of Ukraine posted on Facebook.

Eighteen people, rescued from under the rubble, were handed over to ambulance crews.

Search and rescue operations are underway.

As reported, at about 08:45 on March 29 in Mykolayiv, a Russian missile hit a nine-storey premises housing of the Mykolayiv Regional State Administration and the Mykolayiv Regional Council. The central section from the 9th to the 1st floor was destroyed.

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