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Russian attack on Dnipro kills 1, injures 12

by Elsa Court and The Kyiv Independent news desk July 8, 2024 12:16 PM  (Updated: ) 1 min read
Damaged caused by a Russian missile attack on Dnipro on July 8, 2024. (Serhii Lysak / Telegram)
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Russia's mass missile attack killed one person in Dnipro and injured 12 others, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Serhii Lysak reported on July 8.

Explosions were heard in Dnipro at around 10:45 a.m. local time. The cities of Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, Sloviansk, and Kramatorsk also came under attack.

According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, more than 40 missiles of various types were used by Russia in the attack.

Lysak said that a high-rise building, an enterprise, and a service station in Dnipro had been damaged in the strike. One person is in the hospital in a serious condition.

Local authorities in Kryvyi Rih, another city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, said that at least 10 people had been killed and 37 injured due to "several" strikes.

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