Russia Ukraine: Dead and injured after rocket hits high-rise building

The impact of a Russian missile into a high-rise building in the Ukrainian industrial city of Dnipro has left at least one person dead and nine injured. A seven-month-old baby was among the injured, the military governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, Serhiy Lysak, announced on his telegram channel on Friday evening. Three of the injured, two women aged 27 and 30 and a 29-year-old man, were in a critical condition. Two people are also believed to be under the rubble.

Pictures show a heavily damaged staircase of a nine-storey building in a densely built-up residential area. The top four floors are completely destroyed. Dnipro has been bombarded with rockets several times since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression. In one of the most devastating attacks on civilian objects during the war, 45 people were killed and around 80 injured when a residential building in the city was hit in early 2023.

In light of the latest missile attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi once again called for air defenses to be strengthened. Only the determination of the world could put a stop to Russian terror, he wrote on social media.

SDA