Death toll climbs to six in Dnipro after Russian attack on July 3

4 July 2024, 12:55 PM

The number of people killed in the Russian combined strike on Dnipro on July 3 increased to six, Dnipropetrovsk Governor Serhiy Lysak reported on Telegram on July 4.

A 60-year-old woman wounded in yesterday's attack died in the hospital, he said.

This deadly attack comes only a few days after another one on June 28 - Russia hit a nine-story residential building then, destroying several floors, and causing a partical house collapse.

The rescuers have found the body of another woman under the rubble.

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Fatalities after the Russian strike on June 28 thus incresed to three, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration reported.

12 people, including a child, were injured in a missile attack on Dnipro on June 28 in total, the State Emergency Service added.

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Photo: ДСНС Дніпропетровщини

Emergency and rescue operations are still ongoing on site.

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Photo: ДСНС Дніпропетровщини

The attack on Dnipro on July 3

A series of explosions was heard in Dnipro in the morning on July 3. The Ukraine's Air Force warned of an attack by drones and missiles at the same time.

The Apollo shopping center, three hospitals, schools and kindergartens were damaged in the city in the Russian attack.

It became known about three dead people initially, later President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the number of dead people increased to five.

At least 39 people were injured.

July 4 was declared a day of mourning in Dnipro.

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