12 dead and dozens injured from a missile strike in a residential building in Dnipro
| Uriel Levy, Devar News
12 people were killed and dozens were injured when a missile hit a residential building in the city of Dnipro in central Ukraine yesterday (Saturday). Russia launched an extensive missile attack on most of Ukraine’s provinces yesterday morning, and in the afternoon launched another barrage, in a move that could be seen as a move to escalate the war.
Three strategic infrastructure facilities were damaged in Kharkiv and Aviv districts. Explosions also occurred in Kyiv and Odessa regions. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that all those involved in the terrorist attack would bear maximum responsibility, and officials in his government blamed Belarus and claimed that some of the missiles were launched from its territory.
One of the Russian missiles hit critical civilian infrastructure in Kyiv, according to Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko. He added that fragments of another Russian missile shot down by Ukraine’s air defense fell on an uninhabited house in Kyiv’s Hulusievsky district. As a result, the explosion caused a fire that was extinguished within an hour. There were no casualties.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sonak yesterday promised to supply Ukraine with heavy and advanced battle tanks, which will help its forces “fend off the Russian forces”. In a phone conversation with President Zelensky, Sonak promised to deliver “Challenger 2” tanks to Kyiv to “increase our support in Ukraine.” Zelensky thanked Britain on Twitter for making decisions that, according to him, “will not only strengthen us on the battlefield, but also send the right message to other partners.”
This will be the first time that a country in the West will deliver heavy tanks to Kiev. Since the Russian invasion in February 2022, Kyiv has received more than 300 improved Soviet tanks from its allies. Experts estimated that supplying modern tanks would significantly increase Ukraine’s chances of winning the war. Kyiv asked for advanced and heavy tanks, but the West chose not to do so.
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