Russian drones strike in Dnipro, killing 5 people

• The attack shattered windows in a shopping mall, schools, and kindergartens.
• Debris struck a children’s hospital intensive care unit and a fire outbreak in another hospital.
• President Volodymyr Zelensky posted a video of the missile streaking over buildings in Dnipro.

On Wednesday, a Russian missile and drone attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro killed five civilians and injured 47 others, including a 14-year-old girl, according to authorities.

The blasts blew out some windows of a shopping mall, raining shards onto the street, as shown in photos published by local officials. Mayor Borys Filatov reported that the daytime attack also shattered windows in two schools and three kindergartens. Debris struck the intensive care unit of a children’s hospital, and another hospital experienced a fire outbreak.

President Volodymyr Zelensky posted a video on social media showing a missile streaking over buildings in Ukraine’s fourth-largest city, leaving a fiery trail, and debris flying into the air upon impact. The war, now in its third year since Russia invaded its neighbor, has claimed the lives of more than 10,000 civilians and caused injuries to around 20,000 others, according to the United Nations.

In the Kharkiv region in the northeast, Russian shelling hit a village council building, resulting in the death of one person and injuring two others, according to regional head Oleh Suniehubov.

In another part of the region, a Russian glide bomb struck a residential building in the village of Ruska Lozova, causing injuries to at least two people. Syniehubov mentioned that others might be trapped under rubble.

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced that Ukraine received $2.2 billion from the International Monetary Fund under an ongoing credit facility.

The credit program foresees the disbursement of $16 billion, contingent on Ukraine passing IMF reviews of its progress on key economic and fiscal benchmarks before releasing each part.

Prime Minister Shmyhal stated that the latest funds will be used for welfare payments, as well as the salaries of doctors and teachers, among other expenses.

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