The Kremlin on Monday denied any strike by Russian forces on an apartment building in Dnipro in eastern Ukraine.
Where a bombardment on Saturday killed at least 36 people, ensuring that Moscow was only targeting military targets.
"The Russian armed forces are not bombing residential buildings or civilian infrastructure, they are bombing military targets," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the press before mentioning the track of a missile. Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense that allegedly fell on the building.
For his part, nearly 48 hours after the strike, the head of the Ukrainian national police Igor Klymenko announced that after a second night of searches, 36 dead, including two children, had been found, and that 75 people, including 15 children , were injured.
According to statements by Ukrainian regional governor Valentyn Reznichenko on Telegram, "the fate of 35 other residents of the building is unknown", raising fears of a doubling of the death toll.
Rescue operations are still continuing to try to find survivors under the smoking rubble.
In particular, a canine brigade has been deployed.
Since the start of rescue operations, "39 people have been rescued" from the ruins, according to the governor.
Western tanks will “burn”
At the same time, when asked about the upcoming supply by Western allies of tanks to Ukraine, Dmitry Peskov referred to a decision that Russia considers "very negative", adding that the West does not "carry about the future Ukrainians”.
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Western tank deliveries are not able to change the situation on the ground, according to the Kremlin spokesman, for whom “these tanks are burning and will continue to burn” in the coming weeks.