Strong gusts of wind have damaged windows and part of the facade of the Kyiv Court of Appeal, with the storm claiming part of its archival documents which were supposed to be destroyed due to storage expiration, the court said.
“As a result of a significant deterioration in weather conditions and due to strong gusts of wind, the windows and part of the facade of the Kyiv Court of Appeal building were badly damaged. In particular, a gust of stormy wind claimed some of the copies of the City of Kyiv Appellate Court [the court’s previous name] archival material from a repository for the determination of jurisdiction of civil cases, selected for subsequent destruction due to storage expiration,” the court’s press service stated on March 12.
None of the Kyiv Court of Appeal criminal or civilian cases has been lost, it said.
The staff thanked citizens, who did not remain indifferent and helped pick up scattered archival copies.
Video footage posted on social media earlier showed folders with dossiers flying out of the courthouse and being scattered over Solomianska Square and a part of the adjacent road.
Ukraine has been hit by heavy winds since last Sunday.
Some 537 towns in five regions remain without power, the country’s State Emergency Service said on March 12.
