“I think the chances of saving people are now minimal,” said the city’s mayor – More than 70 apartments destroyed
There is “little” chance of more survivors being pulled from the wreckage of an apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro that was hit by a Russian missile attack yesterday, the city’s mayor said in an interview with Reuters today.
“I think the chances of saving people are now slim. By 11:00, 21 people are dead, but 40 are missing,” said Boris Filatov.
“God help us find enough of them. I think the death toll will be dozens.”
The City Council of Dnipro reported after the mayor’s statements that the death toll rose to 23, while more than 40 people were missing.
According to the latest statements of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, the number of dead is 25.
As Filatov spoke, rescuers continued to search for survivors. The mayor said 72 apartments were destroyed.
Filatov said he believed the missile was likely aimed at a nearby power station.
“But the missile went through and hit a residential building,” he said.
Silence from Russia
Statements about the advance of Russian forces and their successes on the fronts of Ukraine were made today by the Russian president and the Ministry of Defense – without, however, referring to the deadly missile strike on an apartment building with civilians in the city of Dnipro.
After announcing the capture of the city of Solentar, in eastern Ukraine – a capture that Kyiv still denies – Vladimir Putin assessed that the “special military operation” in Ukraine was following a “positive dynamic”.
“The momentum is positive and everything is going according to the plans of the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff. I hope that our fighters will please us even more with their military results,” the Russian president said while speaking to Russian state television channel Rossiya 1.
For its part, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced that Russian forces launched a wave of missile attacks against Ukrainian military and infrastructure on Saturday, without any reference to Dnipro.
It also said its troops were making progress towards the city of Bakhmut – the focus of Russian attacks in recent months – in Ukraine’s Donetsk province. According to the Russian ministry, Russian troops advanced towards the northern suburbs of the city.
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