2 killed, 3 hospitalized as shell hits apartment block in Kyiv

In Kyiv, two people were killed after a shell hit an apartment block.

"As of 07:40, the bodies of two dead people were found in a nine-story apartment block. Three people were hospitalized. Medical assistance was provided to nine people on the spot," the State Emergency Service of Ukraine posted on Facebook.

SES units rescued 15 people and evacuated 63 people.

At 07:58, the fire was put out. Search works continue.

As reported, at 05:00 on March 14, an artillery shell hit a nine-story apartment block in Obolonskyi residential district, Kyiv city. The building caught on fire.

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