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Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has posted footage of the aftermath of the Russian missile strike in Dnipro.
Dnipro. Friday evening. A high-rise building and the Security Service of Ukraine’s building were hit. Russian missile terror again.
Promptly held conversations with the Security Service of Ukraine, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the State Emergency Service, and the military… pic.twitter.com/UulEGKjQUj
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) July 28, 2023
Two children were among the nine people injured in the Russian missile strike on Dnipro, the local governor, Serhiy Lysak, has said, calling it “a difficult night” for his region.
“First, missile strikes on the Dnipro. And already at night, the enemy continued his terror. I visited Nikopol region,” the Dnipropetrovsk governor wrote on Telegram.
“Heavy artillery hit Nikopol itself and the Marganets community. The consequences are being investigated. But the main thing is that the locals are whole.
“In Dnipro, the number of victims has not changed. 9 people, including two children. In addition to the attacked administrative buildings and high-rise buildings, we also have damage. These are 4 residential buildings around. One is high-rise, the others are two-story. 3 administrative buildings and 7 cars were also affected.
“After the third night, emergency workers completed the search and rescue operations. Utility workers got involved. I have personally seen how all services work. Coordinated and eager to help everyone. Thanks to them for that.
“I know it’s difficult, but we will persevere. Those who gave criminal orders, carried them out and sincerely rejoiced at our misfortune, will get theirs. After all, evil always returns to those who bear it.”
Some images from the site of the missile strike on the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Friday night.
Russian missiles hit Dnipro, injuring nine people
Russian missiles hit an apartment block and a nearby building of Ukraine’s security service in the central city of Dnipro on Friday night, injuring nine people and causing widespread damage.
The regional governor, Serhiy Lysak, said on Telegram the injured were receiving treatment at home.
The Dnipro mayor, Borys Filatov, said it was the third time the SBU security service building had been targeted. Both buildings were largely empty – the residential building because it had just been completed and units were being put up for sale.
“There were two hits in Dnipro at about 8.30pm, Iskander missiles, according to preliminary information,” Lysak said on national television.
“Part of the apartment building was destroyed. It was not even yet in use and there weren’t many people there. A few people were trapped but are now out. The security service building is partially destroyed.”
Pictures posted on social media showed part of one building reduced to rubble and debris strewn across a large courtyard.
“Dnipro. Another terrorist attack,” said Sergiy Kruk, head of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service, on Telegram. “Currently, we know of 9 injured, including two children. Work continues.”
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said: “Dnipro. Friday evening. A high-rise building and the security service of Ukraine’s building were hit. Russian missile terror again”.
Russia says it does not target civilian sites.
Zelenskiy said he had convened emergency meetings with the SBU, the interior ministry, emergency services and local officials following the missile strikes.
Opening summary
Welcome back to our live coverage of the war in Ukraine. This is Mark Gerts with the latest.
Our top stories this morning:
Russian missiles hit an apartment block and a nearby building of Ukraine’s security service in the central city of Dnipro on Friday night, injuring nine people and causing widespread damage. The Dnipro mayor, Borys Filatov, said it was the third time the SBU security service building had been targeted. Both buildings were largely empty – the residential building because it had just been completed and units were being put up for sale.
The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has said Washington believes Russia’s defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, is in North Korea to secure supplies of weapons to aid the stalled invasion of Ukraine. “We’re seeing Russia desperately looking for support, for weapons, wherever it can find them,” Blinken said.
More on these shortly. Elsewhere:
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The Russian defence ministry said it shot down a Ukrainian missile in the southern city of Taganrog, about 40km (24 miles) east of the border with Ukraine, and local officials reported 20 people were injured, identifying the centre as an art museum. The ministry said it downed a second Ukrainian missile near the city of Azov, which like Taganrog is in the Rostov region, and debris fell in an unpopulated location.
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Russian air defences downed a Ukrainian military drone before it could attack its targets near Moscow on Friday, the RIA news agency cited Russia’s defence ministry as saying. The ministry said the incident caused no casualties or damage to buildings.
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The head of Ukraine’s ground forces has said Russian forces are constantly attacking in the direction of Kupiansk and Lyman in the Donetsk region but that Ukraine’s defence line is holding firm. Oleksandr Syrskyi said the main task for Ukrainian troops at the moment was to knock out enemy artillery where possible, and he claimed small advances in the Bakhmut direction.
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Yevgeny Balitsky, the head of the Russian-imposed administration of the occupied Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, described the situation on the frontline there as “tense” and on Friday claimed that Russian forces control the Vremivka direction and that “the enemy suffers significant losses but is trying to hold out in the north-western part of the village of Staromaiorske”.
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Poland and Lithuania are considering closing their respective borders with Belarus amid concerns over the presence there of the Wagner mercenary group.
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The Egyptian president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, urged Russia on Friday to revive the Black Sea grain deal. Sisi told the Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg that it was “essential to reach agreement” on reviving the deal.
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