Two dozen still missing and unknown number trapped in rubble after strike in central-west Ukraine leaves 14 dead and scores wounded
- What we know on day 326 of the invasion
Ukrainian rescuers in Dnipro were also working through the night to free a woman trapped under the rubble of a destroyed house after hearing her voice, the state emergency service said.
A Russian missile strike on an apartment block in the south-central Ukrainian city destroyed dozens of flats, leaving between 100 and 200 people homeless, said the Ukrainian presidency’s deputy head, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Agence France Presse reported.
The UK prime minister has confirmed the country will provide tanks to Ukraine to help Kyiv’s forces “push Russian troops back”. Downing Street said Rishi Sunak made the pledge during a call on Saturday morning with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, and that Sunak offered Challenger 2 tanks and additional artillery systems as a sign of the UK’s “ambition to intensify our support to Ukraine”. Russia’s embassy in Britain said the move would only “intensify” the conflict.
Emergency power outages were enacted across 11 regions of Ukraine after Russian strikes on energy infrastructure. In a post on Telegram, grid operator Ukrenegro said the consumption limits in force across the country were exceeded in 11 regions, as a result of which “emergency shutdowns have been applied”.
Four explosions were heard in central Kyiv on Saturday morning. For the first time since Russia began regular missile and drone attacks on the capital in autumn, the air raid sirens sounded after the attack. Until now, the sirens have sounded 10-90 minutes before an attack, giving residents time to seek shelter.
Air raid alerts were also issued across the country, including in the major cities of Kherson and Lviv. Alerts were also issued for the regions of Kharkiv, Donestk, Dnipropetrovsk and about a dozen others.
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