The death toll at an apartment constructing in Ukraine struck by a Russian missile rose to 23 on Sunday as rescue staff scrambled to seek out survivors within the rubble.
Crews worked overnight in freezing temperatures on the apartment constructing in Dnipro, in east-central Ukraine, to rescue people, even employing a crane to succeed in survivors on the upper floors.
People trapped within the constructing, which houses about 1,700 people, used lights on their cell phones to signal for help.
Officials in Dnipro said no less than 35 people were missing and 73 were injured – 39 people had been rescued.
The attack Saturday was the biggest carried out by Russia prior to now several weeks that targeted Ukraine’s power infrastructure and concrete areas.Russia fired 33 cruise missiles on Saturday, of which 21 were shot down, based on Gen. Valeriy Zaluzhny, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed forces.
The capital Kyiv and Kharhiv, within the northeast, also reported missile attacks.
Ivan Garnuk was within the apartment constructing when it was hit and said the residential tower had no military strategic value.
“There aren’t any military facilities here. There may be nothing here,” he told the Associated Press. “There is no such thing as a air defense, there aren’t any military bases here. It just hit civilians, innocent people.
”People’s screams could possibly be heard coming from under huge piles of debris, as emergency staff paused for several moments to pinpoint the placement of the pleas within the silence.
“Two rooms on the second floor remain practically intact but buried,” Oleh Kushniruk, a deputy director of the regional branch of Ukraine’s State Emergency Service, said, based on Reuters. Residents of Dnipro helped rescue staff dig through the debris and brought food and clothing to those whose homes were destroyed.
“That is clearly terrorism and all this is solely not human,” Artem Myzychenko told the wire service as he worked to remove the rubble. Russia’s defense ministry on Sunday said that the bombardment had been successful.
“All designated targets have been hit. The goal of the attack has been achieved,” the ministry said in an announcement.
Missiles were fired “on the military command and control system of Ukraine and related energy facilities” the statement said without mentioning the strike on the Dnipro constructing.
With Post wires
The death toll at an apartment constructing in Ukraine struck by a Russian missile rose to 23 on Sunday as rescue staff scrambled to seek out survivors within the rubble.
Crews worked overnight in freezing temperatures on the apartment constructing in Dnipro, in east-central Ukraine, to rescue people, even employing a crane to succeed in survivors on the upper floors.
People trapped within the constructing, which houses about 1,700 people, used lights on their cell phones to signal for help.
Officials in Dnipro said no less than 35 people were missing and 73 were injured – 39 people had been rescued.
The attack Saturday was the biggest carried out by Russia prior to now several weeks that targeted Ukraine’s power infrastructure and concrete areas.Russia fired 33 cruise missiles on Saturday, of which 21 were shot down, based on Gen. Valeriy Zaluzhny, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed forces.
The capital Kyiv and Kharhiv, within the northeast, also reported missile attacks.
Ivan Garnuk was within the apartment constructing when it was hit and said the residential tower had no military strategic value.
“There aren’t any military facilities here. There may be nothing here,” he told the Associated Press. “There is no such thing as a air defense, there aren’t any military bases here. It just hit civilians, innocent people.
”People’s screams could possibly be heard coming from under huge piles of debris, as emergency staff paused for several moments to pinpoint the placement of the pleas within the silence.
“Two rooms on the second floor remain practically intact but buried,” Oleh Kushniruk, a deputy director of the regional branch of Ukraine’s State Emergency Service, said, based on Reuters. Residents of Dnipro helped rescue staff dig through the debris and brought food and clothing to those whose homes were destroyed.
“That is clearly terrorism and all this is solely not human,” Artem Myzychenko told the wire service as he worked to remove the rubble. Russia’s defense ministry on Sunday said that the bombardment had been successful.
“All designated targets have been hit. The goal of the attack has been achieved,” the ministry said in an announcement.
Missiles were fired “on the military command and control system of Ukraine and related energy facilities” the statement said without mentioning the strike on the Dnipro constructing.
With Post wires
