Rocket Attacks in Ukraine: Injuries Reported in Dnipro and Taganrog

2023-07-28 20:13:32

According to preliminary information from the authorities, three people were injured in a rocket attack in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. “The Russian terrorists aimed at a high-rise building,” Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko wrote on his Telegram channel on Friday evening. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the building of the Ukrainian secret service SBU was hit in addition to the high-rise building.

Videos show severe damage. The low number of injured was explained in the Ukrainian media by the fact that many apartments in the high-rise had not yet been occupied.

A few hours earlier, a dozen people were injured in a rocket attack in the center of the southern Russian city of Taganrog on the Azov Sea near Ukraine. The Russian authorities blamed Kiev for this. Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called on the international community to condemn “the terrorist methods used by the Ukrainian regime” while threatening to reserve the right to take “severe countermeasures”.

Russia invaded neighboring Ukraine 17 months ago and regularly hit cities and towns in the hinterland with rocket and drone attacks. In January 2023, a residential building was hit in one of the worst attacks on Dnipro. More than 40 people lost their lives.

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