A Russian missile strike devastated an apartment building in Dnipro in southeastern Ukraine, killing at least 30 people on Saturday in the deadliest attack on civilians in months.
Summary
A Russian missile strike devastated an apartment building in Dnipro in southeastern Ukraine, killing at least 30 people on Saturday in the deadliest attack on civilians in months.
- More than 30 people were hospitalized after the attack, including 12 people who were in serious condition.
- Ukrainian authorities estimated between 30 to 40 people could still be trapped in the rubble.
- The mayor of Dnipro, Borys Filatov, said the chances of finding more survivors was “minimal” at this point.
- Russian forces also attacked Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Odesa on Saturday in a fresh wave of attacks on Ukraine’s armed forces and energy infrastructure.
- The fight for the eastern mining town of Soledar continues, with conflicting reports from both sides as to which army controls the small town.
- Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s office announced Saturday that Britain became the first nation to send tanks to Ukraine. The United Kingdom plans to send 14 battle tanks to the front, along with more ammunition and weapons
- CNN explored how Ukrainian forces use battlefield innovation to take the fight to the invaders, including developing a battlefield app that uses satellites and intelligence to allow frontline troops to direct fire at specific Russian targets.
- A German tank manufacturer warned Ukraine their tanks would not be ready until 2024, per The Guardian. This delay leaves Ukraine at the mercy of Poland or Germany, should either country decide to hand over its own active-duty tanks.
- The New York Times noted this bombing is just the latest in Russia’s terror campaign against Ukrainian civilians. Transportation hubs, theaters, malls, and neighborhoods have all been targeted by the Russians.
- Vladimir Putin praised what he saw as a “positive dynamic” in the war in Ukraine, one day after his troops massacred 30 people in an apartment building, according to Fox News.
- The Washington Examiner reported that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked European governments for more aid this weekend in anticipation of a feared Russian springtime offensive by a force of conscripts 2 million strong.
- According to the Telegraph, a Russian noncommissioned officer detonated a fragmentation grenade in a Russian military base in Russia’s Belgorod region near the Ukrainian border. The grenade set off nearby ammunition, killing 3, wounding 16, and leaving 9 soldiers still missing.
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