Firefighters from the Ukrainian Civil Protection Service carry an injured woman out of the rubble. Photo: Pavel Petrov/State Emergency Service of Ukraine/AP/dpa
The rubble of the house has been removed to 90 percent, said the military governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, Valentyn Resnichenko, on Tuesday. There could still be people lying there. 40 dead have been pulled from the rubble so far; around 80 people were injured, including 16 children.
There are still 28 injured people in hospitals, many of whom are in critical condition, it said. A large part of the nine-story high-rise collapsed on Saturday after a rocket hit. 200 homes were destroyed.
Meanwhile, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, according to his agency, visited the combat zone in Ukraine to get an overview of the situation and to award soldiers for their military service. «Do everything to ensure that the day that is called Victory Day is drawing near. I am convinced that we will do everything to ensure that the day comes,” he said. Ukraine expects that after a series of defeats, Russia is currently preparing a new offensive.
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The attack on Dnipro, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, was the most momentous of several attacks on Saturday. The most violent wave of Russian attacks since the turn of the year was again directed against the Ukrainian energy infrastructure. In addition to Dnipropetrovsk, the region around the capital Kyiv, Lviv in the west and Kharkiv in the east were also badly affected. There were power outages in many places.
(SDA)