Summary
That’s all from our live coverage of the war in Ukraine for today. In case you missed anything, here’s a quick round-up of all the latest.
At least five people were killed in a Russian strike on a residential building in the city of Dnipro. The number of people injured has now risen to 60, at least 12 of them children, with rescue efforts ongoing. At least one person was also killed in a separate strike on a residential area in the nearby city of Kryvyi Rih.
Rishi Sunak has confirmed the UK will provide tanks to Ukraine to help Kyiv’s forces “push Russian troops back”. Downing Street said Sunak made the pledge during a call on Saturday morning with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy. No 10 said the prime minister offered Challenger 2 tanks and additional artillery systems as a sign of the UK’s “ambition to intensify our support to Ukraine”.
The sound of four explosions were heard in central Kyiv on Saturday morning. For the first time since Russia began regular missile and drone attacks on the capital this autumn, the air raid sirens sounded after the attack. Until now, air raid sirens have sounded between 10 and 90 minutes before an attack, giving residents time to seek shelter.
Air raid alerts were also issued across across the country, including in the major cities of Kherson and Lviv. Alerts were also issued for the regions of Kharkiv, Donestk, Dnipropetrovsk, and about a dozen others.
Emergency power outages were enforced across 11 regions of Ukraine after Russian strikes on energy infrastructure. In a post on Telegram, grid operator Ukrenegro said the consumption limits in force across the country were exceeded in 11 regions, as a result of which “emergency shutdowns have been applied”.
Moldovan authorities said that debris from a missile had been found in its territory near the border with Ukraine. They said the find came “after Russia’s massive bombardment of Ukraine” and that it was the third time missiles from the conflict had fallen onto Moldova’s territory.
Updated
One person has died in a strike on a residential area in the Dnipropetrovsk region, local authorities have said.
It comes after at least five people were killed in an attack on a building in Dnipro city.
Posting on Telegram, Dnipropetrovsk regional governor Valentyn Reznichenko said a rocket had also landed in the nearby city of Kryvyi Rih.
He said the strike had killed one, injured one, and caused damage to residential buildings.
“All services are working at the scene of the impact,” he said. “The consequences are being clarified.”
