The State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported that a man died due to yesterday's airstrike by the occupiers on a dormitory in Zhytomyr. Two more people were injured.
"On 8 March, at 8:10 p.m., an airstrike hit the dormitory. Rescuers from the State Emergency Service found one dead person during the search and rescue operations in the dormitory building, and two rescued people were injured," the statement says.
Later, a fire broke out on the territory of the dormitory. Rescuers are currently continuing to extinguish individual fires on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the dormitory.
The SES assists the dormitory residents to evacuate property from the surviving premises.
There are five units of equipment and 34 personnel working at the scene.
After the air raid on the city of Malyn in the Zhytomyr region, two children born in 2021 were killed. In addition, rescuers found the bodies of three adults under the rubble.