On Wednesday a Chabad school in Kyiv, Ukraine suffered “significant structural damage” following a Russian drone attack.

Israel’s Ambassador to Ukraine, Michael Brodsky, confirmed the strike occurred, along with local authorities.  The drone attack damaged the Perlina school, part of the Or Avner Chabad educational network.

Baruch Hashem no one was injured inside the school, however 9 people were injured in a nearby  multistory residential building, according to the Kyiv Military Administration.

A statement released by Chabbad described “extensive damage” in “classrooms, the school shuttle, and the student lounge” due to the “direct hit.”  However, “The school’s reinforced windows, equipped with protective film, prevented further harm to the interior of the structure,” Chabbad explained.

Following the attack, former boxing world champion Vitalyi Klitschko, the current Mayor of Kyiv, visited the school along with Rabbi Yonason Markovitch, the Chabbad chief Rabbi of Kyiv, and his wife.

Upon inspection of the attack site, a piece of the drone could be seen lying in the school’s outdoor playground, where hundreds of children often play.

Several floors of the nearby residential building hit by the explosion were partially burned and destroyed.

Rabbi Markovitch said it was a “tremendous miracle” that students were not in the building at the time of the attack and vowed his commitment to keep the school open. “Just as the school has remained operational throughout the war, so too will we continue to nurture our children’s souls, even in these challenging times,” he said.

{Matzav.com}