DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ Twenty injured, others trapped in blast near Ukrainian city of Dnipro
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Serhiy Lysak, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said three of the children were in serious condition. Reports on social media said a Russian missile caused the explosion and that an emergency services building was also hit. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, also writing on Telegram, said the explosion occurred between two dwellings. "Unfortunately, there are people under the rubble," Zelenskiy wrote. Pictures posted on social media showed rescue teams working at a shattered, smouldering building amid piles of twisted building materials.

Persons: Serhiy Lysak, Lysak, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Ron Popeski, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Press, State Emergency Service of, REUTERS, Saturday, Media, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Dnipro city, State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Handout, Ukrainian, Dnipro, Russia

☆ Dnipro mayor says chances are minimal of finding survivors in wrecked apartment building
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( Herbert Villarraga | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

DNIPRO, Ukraine, Jan 15 (Reuters) - The chances are "minimal" of pulling more survivors from the wreckage of an apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro that was hit by a Russian missile strike on Saturday, the city's mayor told Reuters in an interview on Sunday. "I think the chances of saving people now are minimal. The Dnipro City Council reported after Filatov made his comments that the death toll had risen to 23, while 43 people had been reported missing. As Filatov spoke, rescue workers were digging through smashed concrete and twisted metal from a portion of the building. "But the missile flew by and hit a residential building," he said.

Search resuls for: "Dnipro city"

2 mentions found