Three children killed in Zhytomyr region due to attack by Russian troops

Three children were killed in Zhytomyr region due to an attack by Russian troops. Photo: SES

Three children were killed and 12 injured in an enemy attack in the Zhytomyr region.

According to the State Emergency Service, the dead children were 8, 12 and 17 years old, and the body of one was unblocked by rescuers.

In total, ten people were injured, all of them hospitalised. Private houses were destroyed and damaged.

In Berdychiv district, two people, including a child, were injured, and a five-storey building, private houses and outbuildings were damaged.

As a reminder, Russian troops attacked Mykolaiv at night. A five-storey building in the Zavodskyi district of Mykolaiv was hit. People were trapped under the rubble. Rescuers managed to unblock the body of a man at 6am. In the morning, five people were reported injured, including one teenager. Rescuers evacuated two women using ladder trucks.