Dnipro
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| Weather | 31°C, Wind SE at 18 km/h, 31% Humidity |
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| City Status | 1778 |
| Oblast | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast |
| Population | 966,400 (2017) |
| Local time | Wednesday 17:26 |
| Did you know | Dnipro is the fourth-most-populous city in Ukraine (993,094). |
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| ID | 1062872 |
About Dnipro
Dnipro is a city on the Dnieper River in central Ukraine. Missiles in Rocket Park mark the city's role in the Soviet-era space and defense industries. The Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine Museum is part of the Menorah Center, a Jewish cultural and business complex. The Art Museum includes paintings and sculptures. Nearby, the D. I. Yavornytsky National History Museum explores archaeology and Cossack history.
'More and more water is coming every hour' - people flee as Kakhovka dam bursts
... " Mr Goncharenko warned that tens of thousands of lives are at risk on both sides of the River Dnipro - including in the Russian occupied region of Ukraine to the south and in the city of Kherson to the north which was...
Ukraine war: Russia launches second pre-dawn missile attack in three days
... One person died in Kherson region and 25 people - including three children - were injured in Dnipropetrovsk...
Zaporizhzhia strike kills newborn baby at Ukraine hospital
... The two armies face each other across the River Dnipro...
Ukraine war: Kyiv claims major gains as Russia exits Kherson
... Gen Zaluzhny said his soldiers had driven forward on two fronts on the western bank of the Dnipro river - an area of land which encompasses Kherson - taking control of 12 settlements...
Zaporizhzhia strike kills newborn baby at Ukraine hospital
By Sarah FowlerBBC News
A newborn baby has been killed in a Russian missile strike on a maternity unit in Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia region, emergency services say.
The Baby 's mother, who was the only woman in the facility at The Time , and a doctor were rescued from the rubble.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of bringing " terror and murder" to his country.
The Zaporizhzhia region, where a key nuclear plant is located, has been the focus of repeated Russian attacks.
Ukrainian emergency services said The Russian missiles struck the maternity ward of a hospital in the Ukraine-held town of Vilnyansk, close to The Frontline , overnight.
Although the area is held by Ukraine, the whole Zaporizhzhia region is claimed by Russia after self-styled referendums in September.
Elsewhere on Wednesday, Ukrainian officials said Two People were killed in shelling on a residential building in Kupiansk - a town in the Kharkiv region which was retaken by Ukrainian forces in September.
Speaking after both attacks, President Zelensky accused Russia of trying " to achieve with terror and murder what it wasn't able to achieve for nine months" on The Battlefield .
Several medical facilities have come under Russian attack during the nine-month war, including a strike on a maternity hospital in Mariupol in March which left three dead, including a child.
Russia at The Time said The Attack had been staged.
The UK Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday that to " prioritise medical facilities as targets of opportunity and strike them with guided munitions if identified".
Parts of the wider Zaporizhzhia region are occupied by Russia, including the nuclear plant, which was overrun by Russian forces weeks after Moscow invaded Ukraine on 24 February.
Russia annexed Zaporizhzhia and other Ukrainian territory in September but has been pushed back on The Battlefield in The South , notably in Kherson region. The two armies face each other across The River Dnipro .
Source of news: bbc.com
