At least 35 people including two children have died as a result of the weekend Russian missile strike on the apartment building in the city of Dnipro in the southeast of Ukraine, said an official, reported news agency AFP. However, the rescue effort is still ongoing. According to Valentyn Reznichenko, the governor of the region, rescue workers continued to look through the rubble for additional victims. "At least 75 people were wounded and 35 others were still missing after Saturday's strike," he told The Associated Press.
The multi-story building housed approximately 1,700 people, and residents claimed that there were no military facilities on the property. According to AP reports, it was the deadliest attack in a single location since a strike on September 30 in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region.
The building was attacked over the weekend amid a significant assault by Russian cruise missiles on Ukraine.
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On Sunday, emergency workers said they had heard individuals shouting for help from under underneath piles of debris from the nine-story apartment block in the east-focal city and were utilising using moments of silence to help direct their efforts. The frigid temperatures raised rescuers' concerns further.
As fighting raged in the eastern towns of Soledar and Bakhmut, Russia launched two missile waves at Ukraine on Saturday, hitting targets all over the country.
Since October, Moscow, which invaded Ukraine in February, has been bombarding the country's energy infrastructure with missiles and drones, resulting in widespread blackouts and disruptions to central heating and water supply.
The attack on Saturday came just as Western nations were considering sending battle tanks to Kyiv and before a meeting of Ukraine's allies next Friday in Germany's Ramstein, where governments will announce their most recent pledges of military support.