Russian missile kills at least five civilians in Ukraine's Dnipro, officials say
PHOTO CAPTION: Illustrative file photo — Rescuers work at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian air strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine Jan. 2, 2026. (REUTERS/Sofia Gatilova)
By Yuliia Dysa and Anna Pruchnicka (Reuters)
A Russian missile strike on Tuesday killed at least five civilians in Ukraine's southeast city of Dnipro, and injured over two dozen more, Ukrainian officials said.
"These were civilians who were simply driving down the road in their cars. People who were going about their business, heading home to their families," Ukraine's infrastructure minister Oleksiy Kuleba said on the Telegram app.
An infrastructure facility was damaged in the strike, according to prosecutors.
At least 10 people hospitalised were in a severe condition, the regional governor Oleksandr Ganzha added on Telegram. One of the victims, a 40-year-old man, died in the hospital, he said.
A video shared by officials showed cars with traces of blood and damage from debris. A shop nearby had its floor-to-ceiling windows blown out.
(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa, Anna Pruchnicka; Editing by Alison Williams, Kirsten Donovan // REUTERS)
