In Kiev, five people were injured in an explosion at the post office.

In Kiev, in the Solomenskiy district, five people were injured in an explosion at the post office. On October 30, the Kiev police announced this in their Telegram channel.

"According to preliminary data, the explosion occurred in the sorting center of one of the postal operators during the inspection of one of the parcels. As a result of the incident, five employees of the post office were injured, doctors are helping them," the publication says.

It is specified that an investigative task force, explosives experts from the central police department and medics are working at the scene.

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The death toll from the incident has increased to 12 people.

Earlier, on October 25, it was reported that the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) deployed aviation and rescuers in the number of more than 200 rescuers, 57 pieces of equipment to extinguish the fire in Kiev. According to other reports of the department, firefighters localized the fire of warehouses in the Desnyansky district on an area of 13 thousand square meters. m.

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