The targets of the attack – in which 64 were injured – was Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, authorities said
Rescuers work to clear rubble at a residential building destroyed after a missile strike in Dnipro on Saturday.Rescuers work to clear rubble at a residential building destroyed after a missile strike in Dnipro on Saturday.First published on Sat 14 Jan 2023 17.46 GMTon Saturday, devastating an apartment block in the south-central city of Dnipro, where at least 14 people have died and 64 were injured. Rescue workers are still clearing the rubble at the scene.
During the second attack in the afternoon, one rocket hit a nine-storey apartment in Dnipro, destroying an entire stretch of the building. Rescue workers were attempting to retrieve survivors from the rubble, according to the deputy head of the presidential administration, Kyrylo Tymoshenko. He posted a picture of a crane, saying people still in their apartments were using their phones to catch the attention of rescue workers.
One video, purported to be from near the scene of the attack, showed people running away, while another showed the immediate aftermath of the strike – a courtyard covered in a thick layer of grey dust, a cloud of smoke and a woman can be heard screaming in the background. Energy facilities were hit during the attack. Power outages were reported in Kharkiv after the first attack. Ukraine’s energy minister, Herman Halushchenko, said emergency shutdowns have been introduced in several cities to stabilise the grid and the “next few days will be difficult”.Photograph: Vitalii Matokha/AFP/Getty Imagesbegan launching regular attacks on the capital, the air raid siren did not sound, indicating that the missiles evaded Ukraine’s radar detection systems.
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