Rescuers share details on Russia’s overnight attack on Kyiv

The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian State Emergency Service on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

In particular, rescuers extinguished a fire on a balcony on floor 5 in the 16-storey residential building. Two civilians were found poisoned by combustion products there, but they refused to go to hospital. One more person was rescued and taken to a safe distance.

In another location, the façade of a 25-storey residential building was damaged on the top floor level without subsequent fire. Two civilians received shrapnel injuries and were taken to hospital.

Additionally, a one-storey inoperative building caught fire with a total area of 20 square meters. Rescuers promptly extinguished it, as well as the debris on fire in the green space of the building adjacent grounds.

A total of 95 professionals and 19 equipment units of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service were involved in rescue works.