According to Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko, the bad weather in Ukraine has left 10 dead and 23 injured, including two children.
Rescue operations are ongoing, roads are being cleared, and the affected regions are responding to power outages.
As of 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, snowfall and strong
winds in Ukraine killed
10 people were killed. Another 23 people were injured, including children. This was reported by Interior Minister Igor Klimenko,
UNN reports .
As a result of
weather conditions, 10 people died - in Odesa, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv,
Mykolaiv regions and in Kyiv. 23 people were injured, including 2 children. At the
state and regional levels, there are headquarters for the elimination of the consequences of the
of the bad weather
Odesa
region: SES units were called to help 254 times. 849 vehicles were towed away, including 24 buses.
vehicles, including 24 buses and 17 emergency vehicles. Assistance was provided to
2498 people, including 162 children. 5 people died due to the weather, and 15 others were
were injured. Traffic on the M-05 and M-15 highways is now in reverse mode,
Klymenko said.
Mykolaiv
region: rescuers responded to calls 66 times, towed 144
vehicles. Traffic remains difficult on some road sections. In
In Mykolaiv region, 2 people were killed and 2 more injured.
According to Klymenko, 8 roads in Mykolaiv and Kirovohrad regions remain
closed to traffic. 411 settlements in 11 regions are without electricity. In total
1530 vehicles have been towed from the snowdrifts.
Earlier
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy
in his evening address reported that due to the bad weather in Ukraine five people died
five people died and 19 others were injured.