The number of deaths in the Nikopol gymnasium, destroyed due to shelling by Russian troops, has increased to four - the body of another person was pulled out from under the rubble, the clearance of the rubble has been completed, the State Emergency Service reports.

"Rescuers have completed clearing the rubble at the Nikopol gymnasium. As a result of the Russian strike, four people were killed: a 72-year-old man and three women aged 69, 67 and 60," the State Emergency Service said on the Telegram channel on Wednesday evening.

"Two more people were injured. They are receiving the necessary medical care," the message says.