Russian Airstrike Kills 2-yr-Old Girl, Injures 22 In Ukraine
A two-year-old girl has been killed and 22 injured after an alleged Russian air strike in a residential area of Ukraine’s central city Dnipro.
Her body was pulled from the rubble of a house in the Pidhorodnenska community overnight, the region’s governor said.
Serhiy Lysak said five of those injured were children, with three boys in a serious condition in hospital.
An earlier video shared by Ukraine’s president showed rescuers searching the remains of a two-storey building
Volodymyr Zelensky has blamed Russia for the attack, but the Kremlin has yet to comment on the events.
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Explosions have also been heard over the capital, Kyiv, where air defence systems have again been deployed. The entire country had been placed under air raid alerts earlier.
Mr Zelensky described the blast in Dnipro as a deliberate Russian strike, although Russia has previously denied targeting civilians during its invasion of the neighbouring country.
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Fires broke out following the alleged strike in a northern district of the city, according to the regional governor, who said 17 of those injured in the blast were taken to hospital.
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