10 people died, 23 injured due to heavy snow storm in Ukraine

At least 10 people have died and thousands remain cut off from the power grid in Ukraine. According to Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko more than 400 settlements in 11 regions have been affected by electricity and more than 1,500 responders are trying to reach thousands of people for rescue.

Another 23 were injured, including two children, Klymenko said Tuesday, adding the deaths were in Odesa, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv and Kyiv regions.

Officials said the worst of the storm appeared to be over but another powerful low-pressure storm could hit the country late Tuesday into late Wednesday. The Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center has issued a severe warning of snowfall in some places .