Russians lay flowers at improvised memorials to commemorate Dnipro dead

A view shows the monument to Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko with flowers laid in memory of the victims of the Russian missile strike on an apartment block in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, in Saint Petersburg, Russia January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer

Russians in St Petersburg and Moscow have been laying flowers at improvised memorials to the victims of a Russian missile attack on a nine-storey apartment block in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro.

Ukraine's State Emergency Service said on Tuesday, after calling off search operations, that 44 people were confirmed dead from Saturday's attack, including five children, and that 20 people were still unaccounted for.