At least 10 people have been killed and at least 30 others injured in a Russian bombing raid on a military base in Dnipro, a major industrial city in central Ukraine, the city’s defense chief said. as Russian forces strengthen their positions in Kherson and Ukrainian forces defend hard in the city of Sheverodonetsk.
“Iskander missiles hit an exercise area of ​​the National Guard …. Ten people were killed and more than 30 were injured,” Gennady Korban told local Dnipro TV. “This despite the fact that we and the army had tried to take precautions, deploying personnel” around the perimeter of this facility, he added, implying that the victims were soldiers.
Three rockets were fired from the Russian region of Rostovhe said, but only one caused casualties.
This morning, the governor of the province, Valentin Reznichenko, told the Telegram that several Russian strikes had targeted Dnipro overnight and this morning, causing “serious damage” but without giving an account.
“Rescue services are removing debris and looking for people”wrote without further details.
Dnipro, an industrial city of one million inhabitants which is crossed by the river of the same name (Dnieper), is the border with the eastern regions of the country, where the majority of the inhabitants are Russian-speaking.
The area has so far been relatively safe from fighting between the Ukrainian and Russian armies, although its airport was “completely destroyed” during an April 10 bombing, according to local authorities.
At the same time, Russian forces are strengthening their defensive positions in the Ukrainian region of Kherson, which is located north of Crimea, while bombing areas controlled by Ukraine on a daily basis, Ukrainian Governor Gennady Laguta told reporters today.
As he said that the humanitarian situation is critical in some parts of the region and the inhabitants are almost impossible to leave the occupied territories, with the exception of a phalanx of 200 cars that departed on Wednesday.
At the same time, Ukrainian forces are fiercely defending the eastern city of Sheverodonetsk, which is about two-thirds surrounded by Russian forces, the governor of the Luhansk region said today, citing the head of the city administration.
The bombings, which are “very strong”, have destroyed 90% of the houses in the city, Sergei Gaidai added, also citing Alexander Struk.
In addition, Ukrainian military forces are fighting to maintain control of the northwestern and southeastern part of the city of Lyman, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, as Russia’s attack on eastern Ukraine accelerates.
Ukrainian troops are “repelling attempts” by Russia to launch an attack on the critical Ukrainian city of Slovyansk, said Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanik.
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