War in Ukraine: at least two dead and 21 injured in a Russian strike in Dnipro

In total, the latest Russian attacks in Ukraine have killed at least six people and injured nearly forty, according to Ukrainian authorities.

The most recent deadly strikes. At least five people were killed and 34 others injured, including two children, in a Russian strike in Dnipro, in central-eastern Ukraine, regional authorities announced on Saturday, April 25, leading Volodymyr Zelensky to call for new sanctions against Moscow. In total, the latest Russian attacks in Ukraine have resulted in at least six deaths and nearly forty injuries, according to Ukrainian authorities, while Russia has reported at least one death and three injuries from strikes on its territory.

Over 100 kilometers from the front line that runs through eastern and southern Ukraine, the industrial city of Dnipro was the hardest hit after being repeatedly targeted in recent days. The toll from Russian strikes overnight and in the morning is four dead and 27 injured, initially reported by the head of the regional military administration of Dnipropetrovsk, Oleksandr Ganja, on Telegram. “A 9-year-old boy is receiving outpatient care. A 17-year-old girl has been hospitalized in a moderately serious condition,” he detailed.

Photos and videos published by the Ukrainian official show a severely damaged building and rescuers extracting a body in a black bag. Still in Dnipro, a new Russian strike on a residential building left one dead and seven injured, added Oleksandr Ganja later. “A multi-storey building has been severely damaged. The Russians hit the same residential area as the one targeted during the night,” he specified. One person was also killed and four others injured by a Russian drone strike on a civilian minibus in the Zaporijjia region in the south of the country, announced regional administrator Ivan Fedorov on Telegram.

In Ukraine, civilians are killed almost daily by Russian bombings since the start of the large-scale invasion of the country in February 2022. “Each strike of this kind should remind our partners that the situation requires immediate and decisive action. We need a rapid strengthening of our air defense,” reacted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on social media. “We must also move swiftly towards the 21st package of European sanctions against Russia. The pause caused by the blockage of the 20th package has given the aggressor additional time to adapt, it is important to counter this,” he added.