A toddler was killed and 22 folks injured throughout an air strike on a ­residential space of Dnipro in central Ukraine. The two-year-old is the newest of an estimated 500 youngster victims of Russia’s indiscriminate assaults in 16 months of battle.

Her physique was pulled from the rubble of a home within the d­evastated group, officers confirmed yesterday. Regional governor Serhiy Lysak mentioned 5 of the injured had been children, with three boys in a critical situation in hospital.

Accusing the Kremlin of intentionally focusing on civilians, President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned: “At least 500 children have been killed by Russian weapons and hatred which continue to take and destroy the lives of Ukrainian children every day.

“We must hold out to win this war. All of Ukraine, all our people, all our children must be free from Russian terror.”

Kyiv believes Vladimir Putin’s marketing campaign of drone and missile assaults on main cities is a bid to frustrate plans for a long-awaited counter-offensive.

However, Zelensky aide Dr Ihor Zhovkha mentioned Ukraine nonetheless lacks sufficient weapons and ammunition to take again jap areas occupied by Russia.

His phrases appear at odds with current remarks from Mr Zelensky, nevertheless specialists counsel the inconsistent feedback could also be a deliberate effort to maintain Moscow guessing.

Elsewhere, shelling of the Donetsk area left three folks useless. It comes after an inspection discovered almost 1 / 4 of Ukraine’s 4,800 air raid shelters are locked or unusable.

Days earlier a 33-year-old lady in Kyiv reportedly died whereas ready exterior a ­shuttered shelter throughout a Russian missile barrage.

Prosecutors within the capital mentioned 4 folks had been detained as a part of a felony probe into the girl’s demise as she and others waited to enter a locked shelter.

A safety guard who allegedly didn't unlock the doorways remained in custody. Three others had been positioned below home arrest.

In Russia, officers mentioned two extra folks have been killed throughout recent clashes within the border area of Belgorod.

It claimed 4,000 civilians have been moved to non permanent lodging after a spate of current assaults.

Moscow blames Ukraine for the raids however Kyiv insists they had been launched by the anti-Putin Freedom of Russia militia group.