Ukraine war: child’s body pulled from Dnipro high-rise, 41 deaths from missile strike and 25 missing
- Emergency crews have cleared about 90 per cent of the rubble since Saturday’s fatal strike; 79 people were wounded
- A senior Ukrainian official said on Tuesday that more than 9,000 civilians have been killed in the war, including 453 children, amid ‘80,000 crimes by Russian invaders’
The death toll from a weekend Russian missile strike on an apartment building in southeastern Ukraine climbed to 41 on Tuesday after the body of a child was pulled from the rubble, officials said.
Another 25 residents of the building city of Dnipro were still missing, according to Valentyn Reznichenko, the governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region. Its capital is Dnipro.
Emergency crews have cleared about 90 per cent of the rubble during a 63-hour search since Saturday’s strike, he said. There are 79 wounded people, he added, with 28 of them hospitalised and 10 in serious condition.
Another Ukrainian official said on Tuesday that more than 9,000 civilians have been killed in the war, including hundreds of children.
The latest deadly Russian strike on a civilian target in the almost 11-month war has triggered outrage.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to bring those responsible to justice, saying it’s “a fundamental task” for Ukraine and its Western allies.