Russian Missile Hits Apartment Building in Dnipro Ukraine, 14 Killed

KIEV – Russia launched a missile strike in the Dnipro region, Ukraine , which hit an apartment. At least 14 people died as a result of the attack, while rescue teams worked hard through the night to find survivors.

“Search operations are underway,” wrote Valentyn Reznichenko, governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region in east-central Ukraine, on the Telegram messaging app. Al ArabiaSunday (15/1/2023).

According to Reznichenko, some 38 people have been rescued, some 24 are missing and an unknown number of residents are still trapped under piles of rubble after the attack on Saturday afternoon injured 64 people.

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The Russian offensive hit critical infrastructure in Kiev and elsewhere, limiting the peak winter power supply to the Ukrainian capital and large parts of the country for the coming days, officials warned.

This is Russia’s largest wave of attacks on Ukraine in two weeks that came as the country celebrates its traditional New Year.

As land fighting continued in eastern Ukraine, Britain followed suit with France and Poland with promises of further arms assistance. Britain said it would send 14 Challenger 2 main battle tanks and artillery support.

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“Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his advisers have analyzed the military picture, looked at the strategic impact of British support and identified windows where he thinks the UK and its allies can have maximum impact,” a government spokesman said in a statement.

The move adds to pressure on Germany to follow suit as Kiev continues to demand advanced military equipment. Previously, Germany refused to provide Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks on the grounds that none of the Allied countries had delivered heavy vehicles.

Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 in what Moscow called a “special military operation”, but according to Ukraine and its allies it was an unprovoked aggression that has killed thousands of people, displaced millions and reduced cities like the Dnipro to rubble.

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