At least 20 dead and fate of 40 remains unknown with scores left homeless says governor
In our top story at it approaches 9am in Kyiv, at least 14 people were killed and 64 injured at anacross Ukraine on Saturday afternoon as it celebrated the Old New Year holiday. Rescue efforts at the devastated block in the south-central city of Dnipro continued overnight after the strikes – Russia’s biggest wave in a fortnight – which Ukrainian officials said had targeted the country’s energy infrastructure.
The Dnipropetrovsk region’s governor, Valentyn Reznichenko, was reported as saying on Telegram early on Sunday that about 38 people had been rescued, two dozen were missing and an unknown number remained trapped in the debris.to help Kyiv’s forces “push Russian troops back”. Downing Street said Rishi Sunak made the pledge during a call on Saturday morning with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, and that Sunak offered Challenger 2 tanks and additional artillery systems as a sign of the UK’s “ambition to intensify our support to Ukraine”. Russia’s embassy in Britain said the move would only “intensify” the conflict.after the Russian strikes on energy infrastructure.
Ukraine has called on its allies to give it more support after its troops suffered heavy losses in fighting at Soledar and Bakhmut in recent months. Russia said on Friday its forces had taken control of Soledar in east Ukraine, its first claim of victory in months of battlefield setbacks, while Kyiv said fierce fighting was continuing in the town. “To win this war, we need more military equipment, heavy equipment,” said Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukraine’s presidential office, Agence France-Presse reported.near the border with Ukraine.
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