Britain to send battle tanks to Ukraine, Dnipro death toll rise to 18
Seventy-three people were injured with 40 in hospital including four in intensive care, Valentyn Reznichenko, governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region in central eastern Ukraine, wrote at 7:25 a.m. local time on the Telegram messaging app.heard people"The rescue operation is ongoing. The fate of more than 40 people remains unknown," Reznichenko said, adding that the attack had destroyed 72 apartments and damaged more than 230.
Ukraine's top military command said on Sunday that Russia launched three air strikes, 57 missile strikes and carried out 69 attacks from heavy weapon rocket salvo systems on Saturday. Ukrainian forces shot down 26 rockets. There was no immediate comment from Moscow about the attacks, which represent Russia's largest wave of strikes in two weeks and which came as Ukraine was observing the traditional Old New Year or the Orthodox New Year.
The Saturday strikes hit also critical infrastructure in Kyiv and other places. Officials warned this would restrict
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