The death toll following Russia’s attack on a residential building in Dnipro in eastern Ukraine on Saturday has risen to 23, including a child, Ukrainian authorities said.
«According to the data of the State Emergency Service as of 13.00 this afternoon, 23 people have been confirmed dead, including a child, and 72 more people are injured, including 13 minors,» the Dnipro City Council has reported, quoted by Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform.
Another 39 people have been rescued, six of them minors, and there are 43 reports of missing persons.
Meanwhile, the governor of the region, Valentin Reznichenko, has reported that «the dismantling of the destroyed structures of the building continues» and «almost 3,500 tons of debris have already been removed».
At least 72 houses have been destroyed and 230 others damaged.
«All services are now working at the sites where the Russian missiles hit. Of the more than 30 missiles launched over Ukraine during the day, more than 20 were shot down,» Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmigal has reported via Telegram.
In addition, Shmigal has confirmed that several energy infrastructure facilities were also hit during the day yesterday. «In connection with this, the most difficult situation is experienced in Kharkov and Kiev,» he added.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has published an image, according to the authorities, of the hit building, the facade of which shows serious material damage.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
