Ukraine said the death toll from a Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro climbed to 30 on Sunday.
Russia confirmed it continued missile strikes against Ukrainian military and energy facilities on Saturday but did not mention Dnipro as a specific target of any strikes.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree on Sunday introducing sanctions against 198 figures in the Russian culture and media sphere.
The UK said it will soon send a squadron of its main battle tanks to Kyiv, disregarding criticism from the Russian Embassy over the planned delivery of 14 Challenger 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine.
Russia fired 33 cruise missiles on Saturday, of which 21 were shot down, according to Gen. Valerii Zaluzhny, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed forces. The missile that hit the apartment building was a Kh-22 launched from Russia’s Kursk region, according to the military’s air force command, adding that Ukraine does not have a system capable of intercepting that type of weapon.
In Dnipro, workers used a crane as they tried to rescue people trapped on upper floors of the apartment tower. Some residents signaled for help with lights on their mobile phones.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that at least 73 people were wounded and 39 people had been rescued as of Sunday afternoon. The city government in Dnipro said 43 people were reported missing.
Russia’s renewed air attacks came as fierce fighting raged in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk province, where the Russian military has claimed it has control of the small salt-mining town of Soledar but Ukraine asserts that its troops are still fighting.
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