Twelve children were among the injured in the strike that destroyed 72 flats, a Ukrainian official said.
At least 18 people were killed and 64 others injured in a deadly Russian missile strike that hit a high-rise apartment block in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Saturday, local authorities said, as Kyiv praised a pledge by Britain to send battle tanks.
The Kyiv city government says work was ongoing to restore power supplies. In all, there were power cuts in six areas of the country.The head of the office, Andriy Yermak, vented his anger: “Russians are terrorists will be punished for everything. Everyone – without exception.” Besides Dnipro, other areas hit include Odessa in the south, Kharkiv in the east, Lviv in the west and the capital Kyiv. Civilian infrastructure, including electricity sites, was once again damaged and power outages were reported.These were the first major missile attacks since the start of the new year.
In his evening address, Mr Zelensky also thanked Britain for being the first country to provide battle tanks for Ukraine after London promised for the first time to supply Kyiv with Challenger 2 battle tanks.A British government spokeswoman said Mr Sunak offered the tanks and additional artillery systems as a sign of London’s “ambition to intensify our support to Ukraine.”
Zelensky demanded more weapons from the West, saying the Ukrainian army is waiting for them and that they would enable his troops to fight off Russian terror. The new offer from Britain, which came after Warsaw’s promise and an earlier pledge by France to send “light” tanks, will once again force Scholz to defend his position.
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