Bombing a Dnipro building a ‘war crime’

The repercussions of the Russian bombing that hit a residential building in Dnipro, killing at least 40 people, are still ongoing.

On Monday, Sweden, which holds the presidency of the European Union, considered what happened to be a “war crime”.

The Swedish Prime Minister, Ulf Christerson, said in a joint press conference in Stockholm with the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, that the Swedish government condemns in the strongest terms the continuing systematic Russian attack on civilians, including the missile attack on Saturday on a residential building in Dnipro.

He added that deliberate attacks once morest civilians are war crimes, stressing that those responsible will be held accountable.

The Kremlin denies

This came while the Kremlin denied, on Monday, its responsibility for the attack, stressing that Moscow is only bombing military targets, speaking of the possibility that a missile from the Ukrainian air defenses fell on the building.

Dnipro (AP)

Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the Russian armed forces did not bomb residential buildings or civilian facilities, but rather bombed military targets.

The governor of the Ukrainian region, Valentin Reznichenko, said that the fate of 34 residents of the building is still unknown, which raises fears that the death toll may double.

35 dead

It is noteworthy that the Dnipro attack took place on Saturday, at a time when Western powers are considering sending tanks to Kyiv.

It also comes ahead of a meeting of Ukraine’s allies in Ramstein, Germany, next Friday, when governments will announce their latest pledges regarding military support.

While the Ukrainian authorities announced today, Monday, that the death toll from the Russian bombing of a residential building in the city of Dnipro has risen to 40.

While hopes of rescuing more survivors were dashed yesterday, from under the wreckage of the building.