In Yahotyn in the Kyiv region, two State Emergency Service employees, Oleksandr Bondarenko and Yurii Lytovchenko, were killed on 11 November while tackling a fire following a second wave of Russian strikes. Two more rescuers were injured and taken to hospital.
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported this.
Oleksandr Bondarenko - a major in the civil protection service and head of the 24th State Fire and Rescue Unit of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv region. He devoted 25 years to fire and rescue work.
Yurii Lytovchenko - a chief master sergeant in the civil protection service and a driver with the 28th State Fire and Rescue Unit of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv region. He dedicated more than 30 years of his life to the profession of rescuer.
- In the morning, a Russian drone hit the grounds of a lyceum in Yahotyn, Kyiv region. At the time of the attack, 171 children, as well as teachers and other staff, were in the school’s shelter.
- In the afternoon, Russian attack drones attacked Yahotyn again in Boryspil district, Kyiv region.