Apartment block missile strike death toll rises as Russia prepares for long war

Ukrainian firefighters carry a wounded woman out of the rubble (SESU via AP)

The death toll from a Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the south-eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro has risen to 40, as western analysts warned the Kremlin is preparing for a drawn-out war in Ukraine.

The victims from Saturday’s strike on the multi-storey residential tower included two children, Ukraine’s National Police reported, and 15 children are among the 75 people injured.