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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to bring the culprits of the Russian missile attack on an apartment complex in Dnipro that killed dozens to justice.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday condemned the Russian bombardment on a Dnipro apartment complex, calling it a "war crime," and pledged to hold those responsible accountable.
In his evening speech, Zelensky declared that everyone culpable for the "war crime will be identified and brought to justice," per CNN.
There have been at least 40 fatalities and 25 more are still missing after the incident in the 11th month of the Russia Ukraine war.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) launched a "preliminary" inquiry that identified six Russian military personnel as being complicit in the attack. Volodymyr Zelensky remarked that the results of the investigation on Russia war crime will be announced soon, according to The Hill.
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Earlier on Sunday, Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council Chair Mykola Lukashuk reported that, aside from the casualties, 73 individuals were wounded, 14 of them children, in Russia's Saturday missile attack on the east-central Ukrainian city, as per a previous HNGN report on the Russia Ukraine war.
Zelensky said earlier that rescue efforts would continue in the central Ukrainian city, even though Ukrainian officials have said it's already unlikely to rescue survivors in the wreckage from Saturday's strike in Dnipro, as reported by RTE.
Military Aid Delivery Needs To 'Speed Up'
President Volodymyr Zelensky in his nightly address has remarked that decision-making in delivering weapons to Ukraine needs to "speed up" after the tragic assault on an apartment building in the city of Dnipro.
The Ukrainian head of state said that the attack signifies that Russia "is preparing new attempts to seize the initiative in the war, the fact that the nature of military action at the front requires new decisions on arms supplies." Volodymyr Zelensky added that the situation emphasizes the importance of coordination in "all the efforts of the coalition defending Ukraine and freedom."
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