A Russian attack hit a residential area near the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Saturday. So far, 20 people have been injured, five of whom are children, reports the city’s governor Serhij Lysak on the messaging app Telegram. It must be a two-storey building that has been hit. Three boys are said to be seriously injured, a six-year-old, an 11-year-old and a 15-year-old. Rescue workers are searching for several people, including at least two children, who are feared to be trapped in the ruins after the attack, writes the online newspaper The Kyiv Independent. People under the ruins President Volodymyr Zelenskyj writes on Telegram late Saturday evening that the explosion occurred between two residences. – Unfortunately, there are people under the ruins. Once again, Russia proves that they are a terrorist state. They will be held responsible for everything we are exposed to, writes Zelenskyj. Russia denies that the attacks are aimed at civilians, writes the Reuters news agency. Rescuers work on the ruins of a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile attack, on the outskirts of the city of Dnipro, Ukraine June 3, 2023. Photo: Reuters Air force The air force was deployed in the capital and in many other regions overnight on Sunday. Due to the “increased threat” of attack from Russia, the air defense system was early operational. Ukrainian air defense hit all the missiles and drones that Russia fired at Kyiv on the night of Sunday, writes the commander against the military administration in the capital. Sergey Popko. He elaborates that all the missiles and drones heading towards the capital were intercepted on the outskirts of the city. – For the second night in a row, the residents of Kyiv have not heard the sound of explosions “overhead”, he says.
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