The total number of people killed in a missile strike on an apartment building in Ukraine’s Dnipro has increased to 46, Dnipro region head Valentyn Reznichenko reported.
According to him, 11 more people are considered missing in action, a body identification process continues. Moreover, 80 people were injured, 24 people remain in Dnipro hospitals, three are in critical condition, including a nine-year-old girl.
Photo: Valentyn Reznichenko
Photo: Valentyn Reznichenko
On 14 January, Russian troops launched a large-scale missile attack on Ukraine. A missile landed on an apartment building in central Ukraine’s Dnipro, causing its partial collapse. More than 200 flats were destroyed, dozens of people were injured. Residents were flashing phone torch lights to draw attention of rescue missions, were writing SMS, and screaming for help.
According to the Ukrainian military, a Russian X-22 missile built to strike naval aircraft carrier units, which Ukraine’s current air-defence capabilities are unable to down, hit the Dnipro building. “The Russian Armed Forces do not target residential buildings,” the Kremlin claims.
Russia’s UN envoy Vasily Nebenzya said that the Russian missile “targeting an energy infrastructure facility” was intercepted by Ukraine’s air-defence system and struck the residential building.
