By Sunday afternoon, 73 injured people, including 13 children, had been rescued from the rubble of the partially collapsed building, according to the Ukrainian Civil Defence on Telegram.
More than 40 people remain unaccounted for. The search for them is still ongoing.
Cries for help from trapped residents could still be heard hours later from the rubble.
The Dnipro attack was the most serious of several on Saturday. Throughout the country, an air alert was temporarily in effect.
According to the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform, at least 26 civilians have been killed and more than 80 have been injured throughout the country.
Kiev’s leadership strongly condemned the attacks on civilians and referred to “Russian terror” once more.
Other areas hit on Saturday besides Dnipro included Odessa in the south, Kharkiv in the east, Lviv in the west, and the capital Kiev. Civilian infrastructure, including power plants, was damaged once more, and power outages were reported.
According to the Ukrainian military, 25 of 38 Russian missiles were shot down.
Following the attacks, Ukraine prepared its citizens for increased problems with electricity supply.
In order to avoid major bottlenecks, the state electricity grid operator Ukrenerho announced on Facebook that the already significantly reduced amount of electricity per household would have to be throttled even further. Emergency shutdowns were unavoidable.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany, Oleksii Makeiev, has urged Berlin to provide his country with Leopard 2 battle tanks as soon as possible, ahead of negotiations by western allies on additional weapons deliveries.
“German weapons and tanks are essential for survival,” he said in an interview with dpa. “We don’t have much time for discussions. And we expect our allies to recognize this and respond appropriately.”
Ukraine’s Western allies will meet on January 20 at the US Ramstein air base in western Germany to discuss additional military support for the fight against Russia.
Britain was the first to announce that it would supply Western-made tanks to Ukraine’s armed forces. As part of a European alliance, Poland and Finland are prepared to supply German-made Leopard 2 tanks.
The German government has yet to take a stance on this.
Britain was the first to announce that it would supply Western-made tanks to Ukraine’s armed forces.
As part of a European alliance, Poland and Finland are prepared to supply German-made Leopard 2 tanks.
The German government has yet to take a stance on this.
