Ranse RF missile strike on an apartment building in the Dnieper: the death toll increased to 35 (photo)
The rescue operation, according to the official, lasts for 40 hours. At night, rescuers pulled several more bodies from under the rubble. "At this time, the hostile attack has taken the lives of 35 residents of the house. Among them two children," Reznichenko informed. According to him, 75 people were injured as a result of rocket strike, 14 of whom are children. 39 people were saved, the fate of 35 more residents is unknown. The search for people under the rubble continues, said the head of Ova.
7,400 tons of destroyed structures have been taken out of the place of hitting the rocket, 14 tents are operating at the scene to heat and feed the victims, to produce clothing and essentials, and supplements "public". The terrorist attack, arranged by the Russian military, drew the attention of the prime minister of Estonia Kai Callas. On Twitter, she urged the event to send Ukraine tanks and air defense systems faster.
"The attack on the Dnieper and other Ukrainian cities in Russia has proven a terrorist essence again. I urge allies and partners to strengthen support, Ukraine needs weapons, including tanks and air defense," the head of government stressed.
Due to the rocket strike of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on January 14, the Honored Boxing Coach of Ukraine, the senior coach of the national team of Dnipropetrovsk region, Mikhail Kurenovsky, was killed in the Dnieper, the Sports Committee of Ukraine on Facebook. The coach's wife reported that at the time of the rocket hit, she was walking with her children, and Michael came to the apartment after the competition, gathered and wanted to join a walk with his family.
The Kurenovsky's relatives hoped that the man was alive and was under rubble. The Russian rocket (probably X-22) hit a residential high-rise building in the Dnieper on January 14. On this day, the occupiers staged another massive rocket firing of Ukraine. The projectile destroyed 72 apartments, another 164 dwellings were damaged by the explosion.
The speaker of the Odessa Military Administration Serhiy Bratchuk called the culprit of the tragedy in the Dnieper-he became the commander of the 52nd Guards heavy bombing aviation regiment of the Russian Federation Oleg Timoshin. It was Timoshin who ordered to hit the shopping center in Kremenchug at the end of June last year, Bratchuk said. According to the Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces Mykola Oleshchuk, the Ukrainian army has no means that can destroy the winged X-22 missiles.