Strike on residential building in Dnipro: 12 killed, including a minor, 73 injured

12 people, including a 15-year-old girl, were killed in a Russian missile strike on a multi-storey residential building in Dnipro city on Saturday; 73 people received injuries.

Source: Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Deputy Head of the President’s Office; Valentyn Reznichenko, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram; National Police of Ukraine; President Volodymyr Zelenskyy; Borys Filatov, Mayor of Dnipro; Dnipro City Council

Quote from Tymoshenko: "[The Russians - ed.] just non-humans; at least one entrance is destroyed, and there are people under the rubble who were at home on a holiday."

Details: The head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration has stated that the youngest of the injured is three years old. A 9-year-old girl is in serious condition.

At 21:54, Reznichenko reported that nine people were killed in the attack on the building, including a 15-year-old girl. 64 people received injuries, and 59 of them were taken to the hospital. Later, he added that 12 people had been killed.

Kyrylo Tymoshenko has clarified that nine people, including one child, were killed in the missile attack as of 21:50; 64 people were wounded, including 14 children; and 37 people were rescued from the building, including six children.

Search and rescue operations are still ongoing.

In turn, Borys Filatov, Mayor of Dnipro, has said that the entire district has been cut off from the power grid and disconnected from utility systems as a result of the strike.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has responded to the strike on Dnipro city by stating that everyone involved in this terror will be held fully accountable.

Updated at 00:29. Dnipro City Council reported that 73 people received injuries, including 14 children. Almost everyone who was injured is currently in the hospital.

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