At least 30 residents were killed and more than 30 are still missing, President Volodymyr Zelensky said after a Russian missile attack destroyed an apartment building in eastern Ukraine on the 14th.
In a large-scale missile attack carried out by the Russian army in various parts of Ukraine on the 14th, a missile landed on a nine-story apartment in Dnipro, the central city of the eastern Dnipropetrovsk province.
“Thirty people have died, including a 15-year-old girl,” President Zelensky said in a video released on Thursday. I want to express my condolences to people."
On top of that, more than 30 people are still missing, and the number of victims is expected to increase.
The Ukrainian Air Force said it used anti-ship missiles with a range of 600 kilometers.
After that, the attacks by the Russian military continued, and the governor of the southern Zaporizhia province said on the 16th, ``There was a missile attack on infrastructure facilities around the capital Zaporizhia, and several people were injured.''
Under these circumstances, Russia announced that it will conduct joint air force exercises with Belarus, which adjoins northern Ukraine, from 16th to February 1st.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has increased its vigilance, saying, ``Russia is increasing its air force under the pretext of joint exercises.The threat of missile attacks and air strikes from Belarus is increasing.''