After a Russian missile hit on an apartment building in Dnipro on Saturday, the mayor of the eastern Ukrainian city has warned that there may be no survivors.
A part of the nine-story building fell, killing at least 35 people, according to the local government. Rescue attempts are still ongoing.
At least 35 people remain missing, while 75 survivors have been wounded.
Mayor Borys Filatov stated that there is a “limited” probability of finding others alive.
Mayor Borys Filatov stated that there is a “limited” probability of finding others alive.
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on public television in Moscow that military activities were proceeding as planned.
On Saturday, Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Odesa were also attacked in assaults that Moscow said were aimed against Ukraine’s military and energy infrastructure.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki termed the missile attacks “inhuman”, adding that “Russia willfully insists on committing war crimes against people”.
“Everything is growing within the parameters of the plan of the ministry of defense and the general staff,” President Putin remarked.
Belarus, which borders Ukraine to the north, will resume joint air force exercises with Russia on Monday. Belarus’ defense minister claims that they will remain defensive, but there are fears that Moscow is urging Minsk to join the battle in Ukraine. Belarus was one of Russia’s invasion launchpads last February.
In his evening speech on Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had received numerous expressions of condolence from across the world and chastised the Russian people for their “cowardly silence” in the aftermath of the Dnipro incident.
Switching to Russian during his statement, he said he wished to address those “who even now could not say a few words of denunciation of this terror”.
“Your cowardly quiet, your desire to ‘wait it out,’ will only result in the reality that these same terrorists will come after you one day.”
He went on to say that the strike had left a 15-year-old girl orphaned, as well as two other children orphaned.
The last round of Russian strikes on Ukraine’s electrical system occurred two weeks ago. Mr Zelensky stated on Saturday that energy infrastructure in the Kharkiv and Kyiv areas had been severely damaged.
Following the assaults, the Ukrainian state energy firm Ukrenergo implemented round-the-clock usage caps in all areas. The next few days will be “tough,” according to Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko.
Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned on Sunday that Ukraine could expect further heavy armament delivery from Western countries.
“Recent commitments for heavy battle weapons are significant, and I anticipate more in the coming future,” Stoltenberg told German media.
Russia’s missile bombardment occurred on the same day that UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stated his government will supply Challenger 2 tanks to Kyiv’s armed forces in an attempt to assist “push Russian soldiers back”.
In reaction, Moscow stated that supplying more weaponry to Ukraine will result in more Russian actions and civilian losses.