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Russia strikes Dnipro with missiles: Many injured, including children

Russia strikes Dnipro with missiles: Many injured, including children Photo: Russians shelled Dnipro with rockets in the morning, many wounded, including children (t.me/dnipropetrovskaODA)
Author: Liliana Oleniak

Today, on June 4, Ukrainian air defense forces shot down two Russian missiles. The falling debris caused many casualties, including children, according to the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, Serhii Lysak.

Among the victims:

  • 1-month-old boy. He is currently in satisfactory condition and will be treated on an outpatient basis;
  • 17-year-old boy who was hospitalized in moderate condition;
  • 68-year-old man;
  • 32-year-old woman;
  • 36-year-old woman;
  • 56-year-old woman.
  • 37-year-old man who was hospitalized.

Russia strikes Dnipro with missiles: Many injured, including children

Photo: Russians shelled Dnipro with rockets in the morning, and many wounded, including children (t.me/dnipropetrovskaODA)

Russia strikes Dnipro with missiles: Many injured, including children

Photo: Russians shelled Dnipro with rockets in the morning, and many wounded, including children (t.me/dnipropetrovskaODA)

Russia strikes Dnipro with missiles: Many injured, including children

Photo: Russians shelled Dnipro with rockets in the morning, and many wounded, including children (t.me/dnipropetrovskaODA)

One of the victims was hospitalized. Her condition is currently assessed as moderate.

Dozens of cars were also damaged as a result of the strikes, and windows in private homes, high-rise buildings, and hospitals were smashed.

Photo: Russians shelled Dnipro with rockets in the morning, and many were wounded, including children (t.me/dnipropetrovskaODA)

Number of victims increased

“The civilian infrastructure of the city was destroyed. Windows in private homes, high-rise buildings, and the hospital were smashed. A dozen and a half cars were damaged,” the State Emergency Service says.

According to preliminary information, 8 people were injured in the Russian shelling.

Russia strikes Dnipro with missiles: Many injured, including children

Photo: Russians shelled Dnipro with rockets in the morning, and many were wounded, including children (t.me/dsns_telegram)

Russia strikes Dnipro with missiles: Many injured, including children

Photo: Russians shelled Dnipro with rockets in the morning, and many were wounded, including children (t.me/dsns_telegram)

Russia strikes Dnipro with missiles: Many injured, including children

Photo: Russians shelled Dnipro with rockets in the morning, and many were wounded, including children (t.me/dsns_telegram)

Russian shelling of Ukraine on night of June 4

On the night of June 4, Russia attacked the Dnipro region with two Iskander-K missiles. Both were launched from the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimea and later shot down by anti-aircraft missile units of the Ukrainian Air Force.

Also, around midnight, Russians used four UAVs in the northern direction. Two were destroyed by units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces' mobile firing groups over the Chernihiv region, while the other two ceased to exist independently.