Canada’s Government has expressed sadness over Russia’s attack on residential buildings in Dnipro, Ukraine on Saturday while condemned this violence unequivocally.
Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau who made this known on his social media platform, reacted that the attacks are despicable, abhorrent, and completely unacceptable.
According to him, “Russia’s attacks on residential buildings in Dnipro, Ukraine are despicable, abhorrent, and completely unacceptable.
Canada condemns this violence unequivocally , we stand with the people of Ukraine, and we’ll continue to make sure they have the support they need”, the Prime Minister said.
Meanwhile, media reports said there was strike on a residential building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro has left at least five dead and 27 injured, officials have said, while the president blasted Russian “terror”.
“There are already five dead,” Dnipropetrovsk governor Valentyn Reznichenko said on messaging app Telegram, where he posted a photo of an apartment block reduced to ruins.
He added that “27 people were wounded. Among them are six children. All are in hospital.”
The strike hit the entrance of a nine-storey building, turning several floors into smouldering rubble.
“Eternal memory to all whose lives were taken by Russian terror! The world must stop this evil,” Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky reacted on social media.
“Debris clearance in Dnipro continues… we are fighting for every person, every life,” Mr Zelensky added.
Ukrainians were celebrating the Old New Year on Saturday, a popular holiday on the eve of which kids traditionally are given sweets.
Russia has fired a second wave of missiles at Ukraine, forcing people to take cover as sirens blared across the country just hours after morning air strikes that hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv and the eastern city of Kharkiv.
Authorities in Mykolaiv, the western city of Lviv and the Black Sea port of Odesa said air defences were trying to shoot down incoming missiles. Explosions were heard in the central Vynnytsa region, Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne reported.
Moscow, which invaded last February, has been pounding Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with missiles and drones since October, causing sweeping blackouts and disruptions to central heating and running water as winter bites.