INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ukraine on Tuesday said a Russian missile strike on its central city of Dnipro wounded at least 18 people, with President Volodymyr Zelensky
saying rescue efforts were underway after a college and kindergarten were hit.Dnipro is a city in central Ukraine on the river of the same
It has been a target for deadly Russian attacks."Dnipro
Already 18 injured," Dnipropetrovsk Governor Serhiy Lysak said on social media, adding that five of those taken to the hospital were
children.He added that their lives were not in danger and described their condition as "moderate."Ukraine's emergency services earlier said
that a missile strike had hit a "kindergarten, a college and an enterprise."It posted a photograph of a two-story building with blown-out
windows that looked heavily damaged and firefighters with blackened faces after extinguishing a blaze that covered an area of 150 square
meters (1,600 square feet).Zelensky said in his daily evening address that "rescue operations" were underway and also said the educational
facilities were "damaged."He vowed retaliation, saying it is "important that the Russian terrorists receive answers to their attacks."The
Ukrainian leader also called for more Western air defenses to resist Russian forces."Air defense for Ukraine is the protection of life," he
said, adding that "they can save thousands of lives from Russian terror."
