17 rescuers killed during active hostilities in Ukraine. Colonel of the State Emergency Service Gennadiy Gerasimchuk told about this in the "
" 17 people were killed, 32 were injured and one person is in captivity - this is the captain, who on March 11 in the village. Gostomel participated in the evacuation of the civilian population,"
He also added that now 14,000 rescuers and 3,000 units of special fire and rescue equipment of the State Emergency Service are on duty around the clock in Ukraine..
Aleksey Danchenko, an employee of the State Emergency Service, who was captured in the city of Gostomel during the evacuation of civilians, is in captivity of the Russian military.. Rescuers urge everyone to help fire him.