A weekend attack on a residential building in the city of Dnipro in central-eastern Ukraine killed at least 35 people, including two children, the regional governor said on Monday as rescue operations continued.
“Today, the enemy’s attack cost the lives of 35 residents of the building, including two children. Thirty-nine people were saved, 75 were injured,” said the governor of Dnipropetrovsk region Valentyn Reznichenko on social media.
He added that “the fate of the other 35 residents in the building was unknown” as the search for survivors continued nearly 40 hours after the attack.
The previous death toll from rescuers has been 30.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday condemned the Russians’ “cowardly silence” over the attack, noting that Ukraine had received messages of sympathy from around the world over “this terror.”
“Rescue operations will last even if there is the slightest chance to save lives,” the Ukrainian leader said.