Fire at National Academy of Sciences building extinguished, debris removal underway – photos

Firefighters extinguished a fire at the building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi district on the evening of 28 September. One person was killed and six injured in the attack.

Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Quote: "Engineering equipment is currently operating at the scene of the Russian strike, and workers are dismantling structures of the damaged building.

One person was killed and six injured in this attack. Firefighters rescued two people from the second floor of the building using a three-section ladder."

Details: Meanwhile, rescue operations at the scene of the damaged medical centre building in the Holosiivskyi district have been completed. Eight people were injured there, and emergency workers rescued another person.

Background:

• On the afternoon of 28 September, a Russian drone struck a building belonging to the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv.
• Nataliia Bukalo, an assistant to Volodymyr Horbulin, former secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, was killed in the Russian drone strike.

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Originally reported by Ukrainska Pravda by Tetyana Oliynyk. Read the full story at the source.