A Russian missile attack hit a nine-storey residential building in Dnipro, Ukraine, today (January 14) killing at least five people and injuring many others.

Valentyn Reznichenko, Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, said that 27 people were injured. Among them, six are children. "They were all hospitalised", he explained.

The footage shows rescuers working on the ground and evacuating people on stretchers.

The Head of the State Emergency Service, Sergei Kruk, said that 15 people were pulled from the rubble during the search and rescue operation.

"The State Emergency Service's units are working in coordination. More than 80 officers and over 20 rescue equipment tools have been deployed", Kruk explained.

The footage was shared by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SAS).

As a result of the Russian shelling of the Dnieper, five people were killed and dozens were injured.

According to the head of the Dnepropetrovsk regional military administration, Valentin Reznichenko, all the victims are in the hospital.

"27 people were injured. Six of them are children. All of them are in the hospital ... Already five people have died," he wrote.The head of the State Emergency Service, Sergei Kruk, said that during the search and rescue operation, 15 people were rescued from the rubble of the house.

"The units of the State Emergency Service are working in an enhanced mode. More than 80 personnel and more than 20 pieces of equipment of the State Emergency Service have been involved," he said.

The Office of the President showed how the rescue operation is going on: people are filmed with the help of cranes, they are signaled with flashlights and mobile phones.
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