Russian missiles and drones hit Dnipro in eastern Ukraine in a daytime attack that kills five people

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile and drone attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro killed five civilians and wounded 47 others, including a 14-year-old girl, authorities said Wednesday.

The explosions shattered some windows at a shopping mall and rained shrapnel onto the street, photos released by local authorities show. Mayor Borys Filatov said the daytime attack also shattered the windows of two schools and three kindergartens. Debris hit the intensive care unit of a children’s hospital and a fire broke out at another hospital.

A video posted on social media by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shows a rocket leaving a trail of fire across buildings in Ukraine’s fourth-largest city, with debris being thrown into the air by the impact.

The warIn the third year since Russia invaded its neighboring country, more than 10,000 civilians have been killed and about 20,000 others injured, according to the United Nations.

In the Kharkiv region in the northeast, the village council building was hit by Russian artillery shelling, killing one person and wounding two others, said regional head Oleh Suniehubov.

Elsewhere in the region, a Russian glide bomb hit a residential building in the village of Ruska Lozova, injuring at least two people. Others may be trapped under rubble, Syniehubov said.

In addition, Ukraine received $2.2 billion from the International Monetary Fund under an ongoing credit facility on Wednesday, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced.

The loan program provides for the disbursement of $16 billion, but before the individual parts are released, Ukraine must pass an IMF review of its progress on key economic and fiscal goals.

The new funds would be used, among other things, for social benefits and the salaries of doctors and teachers, Shmyhal said.

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