Dnipro locals recount the horrors of missile strike residential tower
DNIPRO, Ukraine - The death toll from a missile strike on a residential bloc climbed to at least 35, including two children, according to the regional governor as hope for rescuing more life out of the rubble falters.
A total of 230 residential units are damaged, of which 72 are completely destroyed, displacing more than 1,100 individuals. Upon fleeing the attack, they took with them their essential belongings, seeking shelter elsewhere in the city or the country.
Some of the survivors recounted the horror they saw when the missiles rained down.
"My cat ran for cover. I rushed outdoors and people got me in their cars and we left," Vitality Varenstov, a resident of the apartment bloc, told Rudaw.
Bogdan Drogoviz was at a friend's house partying when the missiles struck.
"I was at my friend's house for a birthday party, right next to the apartment that was hit with a missile. I was in their kitchen when I noticed the explosion went off pushing me away,” Bogdan Drogoviz, another resident said.
Valentyn Reznichenko, governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region in central eastern Ukraine announced in a Telegram message that 73 people were injured in one of Russia's deadliest missile attacks on a city that has so far severed as a safe haven for many Ukrainians who have taken shelter there.
Russia denied being responsible for the missile attack.
With an estimated one million people, Dnipro is Ukraine's fourth-largest city. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, 391 km southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
The nearly one-year-long Russian war on Ukraine has resulted in the death of tens of thousands and displaced millions of civilians with the country's economic infrastructure severely damaged in all sectors.
Ukraine has requested that the US provides it with the Patriot missile defense system to protect itself against Russian projectiles. Around 100 Ukrainian troops are set to head to the US next week to begin training on the Patriot batteries.
A total of 230 residential units are damaged, of which 72 are completely destroyed, displacing more than 1,100 individuals. Upon fleeing the attack, they took with them their essential belongings, seeking shelter elsewhere in the city or the country.
Some of the survivors recounted the horror they saw when the missiles rained down.
"My cat ran for cover. I rushed outdoors and people got me in their cars and we left," Vitality Varenstov, a resident of the apartment bloc, told Rudaw.
Bogdan Drogoviz was at a friend's house partying when the missiles struck.
"I was at my friend's house for a birthday party, right next to the apartment that was hit with a missile. I was in their kitchen when I noticed the explosion went off pushing me away,” Bogdan Drogoviz, another resident said.
Valentyn Reznichenko, governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region in central eastern Ukraine announced in a Telegram message that 73 people were injured in one of Russia's deadliest missile attacks on a city that has so far severed as a safe haven for many Ukrainians who have taken shelter there.
Russia denied being responsible for the missile attack.
With an estimated one million people, Dnipro is Ukraine's fourth-largest city. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, 391 km southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
The nearly one-year-long Russian war on Ukraine has resulted in the death of tens of thousands and displaced millions of civilians with the country's economic infrastructure severely damaged in all sectors.
Ukraine has requested that the US provides it with the Patriot missile defense system to protect itself against Russian projectiles. Around 100 Ukrainian troops are set to head to the US next week to begin training on the Patriot batteries.