Ukrainian Rescuers Continue Search For Survivors After Dnipro Buildings Were Hit By Russian Missiles

Ukrainian rescuers are continuing their search for survivors after buildings in Dnipro were hit by a wave of Russian missiles.

The footage shows Ukrainian emergency services sifting through rubble and looking for survivors and one of the destroyed buildings. The footage shows them rescuing one young woman alive from the rubble and carrying her over to a stretcher.

The images were obtained from the State Emergency Services (SES) of Ukraine and from the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs on Sunday, 15th January.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs said in a statement on Sunday, 15th January: "Denys Monastyrskyi: our rescuers rescued a woman who was heard during a moment of silence in a house destroyed by Russian shelling in Dnipro.

"This was announced today, 15th January, by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Denys Monastyrskyi.

"'The woman, who was heard by the rescuers during a moment of silence around one in the morning on 15th January, was rescued from the rubble of a destroyed house in Dnipro at 11:30am,' said the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"The minister thanked the rescuers for their work. For the fact that they fight for every life. Because Ukraine is Ukrainian people!"

Many others were not so lucky, with at least 20 bodies reportedly being pulled from the rubble.

A whole section of a building can be seen completely destroyed in the Russian attacks, with a digger removing debris.

The latest statistics from the State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations on Monday morning (16th January) said that at least 35 people have been reported as killed so far in the attacks, with at least 75 people wounded and 39 people rescued. The Ukrainian officials added that 46 people are still missing.

Russia invaded Ukraine on 24th February in what the Kremlin is still calling a "special military operation". Today marks the 327th day of the war.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that between 24th February 2022 and 16th January 2023, Russia had lost about 116,080 personnel, 3,118 tanks, 6,204 armoured combat vehicles, 2,099 artillery units, 438 multiple launch rocket systems, 220 air defence systems, 286 warplanes, 276 helicopters, 1,872 drones, 749 cruise missiles, 17 warships, 4,870 motor vehicles and fuel tankers, and 190 units of special equipment.

Russia has claimed that its casualties have been much lower but provides infrequent updates on its latest figures.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said on Russian state television that the war in Ukraine, which he again referred to as a “special military operation”, is going to plan and that its “dynamic is positive”.

He added: “Everything is developing within the framework of the plan of the Ministry of Defence and the General Staff.”

German weapons manufacturer Rheinmetall has said that main battle tanks from Germany would not be ready to be delivered to Ukraine until 2024.

Rheinmetall’s CEO, Armin Papperger, said: “Even if the decision to send our Leopard tanks to Kyiv came tomorrow, the delivery would take until the start of next year.”

The revelation comes after the United Kingdom promised to deliver at least 14 of its Challenger 2 main battle and other advanced artillery tanks to Kyiv, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirming the move in a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday.

Prime Minister Sunak said it was the UK’s “ambition to intensify our support to Ukraine”.

Zelensky had said on Saturday that the move "will not only strengthen us on the battlefield, but also send the right signal to other partners".

He added that support from the United Kingdom was “always strong” and was “now impenetrable”.

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has said that “now is the time to accelerate and go further and faster”.

He said that the Russian army was now on the defensive and that morale among its forces was pitifully low, blaming the “shambolic state of Russian military logistics” for the Russian army’s state of affairs.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said that Ukraine can expect further deliveries of heavy weaponry from Western countries in the near future. He said: “The recent pledges for heavy warfare equipment are important – and I expect more in the near future.”

The Secretary-General said, ahead of a meeting at the Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany on 20th January, that other Western allies will consider sending additional main battle tanks to Ukraine.