As a result of a missile strike at a multi -storey building in the Ukrainian city of the Dnieper on Monday morning, the number of dead reached 35 people. This was announced by the head of the military administration of the Dnipropetrovsk region Valentin Reznichenko.
The analysis of the rubble and the search for the survivors continues, there are fears that the number of victims can still increase. Landing work continued all night at the scene of the explosion. 39 people were saved from the rubble, including six children. 75 people were injured, of which 14 children.
The police and rescuers continue to search for missing people, this is at least 35 people, the head of the administration added.
As a result of the explosion of the K-22 rocket with a combat part, weighing about a ton, a whole section of an apartment building was completely destroyed. According to military experts, such missiles are designed to destroy large surface targets in the open sea and, when used on ground objects, have extremely low accuracy, but at the same time huge destructive force. The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that on January 14, a missile strike was struck “on the system of military administration of Ukraine and related energy facilities.” Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday approvingly responded about the course of invasion of Ukraine and expressed the hope that the Russian military would have repeatedly please the results of his work.