The spectacular strike will mark with a black seal this Saturday, January 14 for Ukraine.
In a residential area of Dnipro, in the east of the country, a Russian missile gutted an entire building.
The building comprised nine floors, 75 apartments with some 1,700 residents.
According to the head of the Dnipro military administration, who spoke on
Telegram
messaging , the strike has so far killed 35 people, including two children.
This total could increase, since dozens of people are still under the rubble on Monday.
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The building was hit on Saturday January 14 at night.
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Ukrainian firefighters were dispatched to the scene.
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“
My version is that the Russians were targeting the thermal power station behind the building.
I believe they were targeting the plant
,” Dipro Mayor Borys Filatov said.
The building completely collapsed under the impact.
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Rescue operations continue
Rescue operations are still underway on Monday, still trying to find survivors, but "
the chances of saving people are now minimal
," the mayor warned on Sunday, interviewed by
Reuters
.
Rescue operations are still ongoing on Monday.
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On Monday, the toll stood at 35 dead, including two children, and dozens injured.
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Thanks to the rescue, "
thirty-nine people were saved, 75 were injured
," said the mayor of Dnipro on
Telegram
.
About 20 people were admitted to the Dnipro children's hospital.
Thirty-nine people were saved and 75 were injured, according to a provisional report from the mayor of Dnipro given on Sunday.
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Miraculously, firefighters found a woman alive on Sunday.
Not warmly dressed, the survivor was near her bathtub, more than eighteen hours after the attack.
Relatives wait in anguish to know if the missing will come out alive from the rubble.
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