A local man inspects a house damaged after Russian attacks on Karabell Island in Kherson, Ukraine, on December 12, 2022. The Ukrainian city of Kherson and surrounding villages were invaded by troops. Russian team bombarded daily from the left bank of the river Dnipro.
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The death toll in a Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro has risen to 18, officials said on Sunday, while Britain said overnight that it would soon send a squadron of battle tanks. its main battle to help defend Ukraine.
73 people were injured with 40 people in hospital, including 4 in intensive care, Valentyn Reznichenko, governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region in central eastern Ukraine, wrote at 7:25 a.m. local time (0525 GMT) on Telegram messaging app.
Rescuers worked through the night to find survivors. Emergency personnel said they had previously listener screaming for help from beneath the rubble.
“The rescue operation is ongoing. The fate of more than 40 people is unknown,” Reznichenko said, adding that the attack destroyed 72 apartments and damaged more than 230.
Ukraine’s top military command said on Sunday that Russia carried out three airstrikes, 57 missile strikes and 69 attacks from heavy missile systems on Saturday. . Ukrainian forces shot down 26 missiles.
There was no immediate comment from Moscow on the attacks, which were Russia’s largest wave of attacks in two weeks and occurred as Ukraine was celebrating the Traditional New Year or Orthodox New Year.
Saturday’s strikes also hit critical infrastructure in Kiev and elsewhere. Officials warn this will limit Power supply for the capital and large parts of the country over the next few days.
like the ground the fight continued in eastern Ukraine, England followed France and Poland with the promise of more weapons, said it would send 14 Challenger 2 main battle tanks as well as other advanced artillery support in the coming weeks.
Sending the first Western-made tank to Ukraine will likely be seen by Moscow as an escalation of the conflict. The Russian Embassy in London said the tanks would prolong the confrontation.
Germany is now expected to follow pressure to follow as Kyiv continues to beg for advanced military equipment.
A UK government spokesman said in a statement UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his advisers had “analyzed the military picture, considered the strategic impact of UK support and determined set a window in which he thinks the UK and its allies can have maximum impact”.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 in what Moscow called “a special military operation”, but Ukraine and its allies say it was an unprovoked invasion that has killed thousands, Millions of people were displaced and cities like Dnipro fell to ruin.
