Death Toll From Strike on Ukraine Apartment Building Rises to 40

Death Toll From Strike on Ukraine Apartment Building Rises to 40
A Ukrainian State Emergency Service firefighter carries a wounded woman out of the rubble from a building after a Russian rocket attack on Jan. 14, 2023, in Dnipro, Ukraine, on Jan. 15, 2023. Pavel Petrov, SESU via AP
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DNIPRO, Ukraine—The death toll from a weekend Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro has risen to 40, authorities said Monday,

About 1,700 people lived in the multistory building, and search and rescue crews have worked nonstop since the missile strike to locate victims and survivors in the wreckage. The regional administration said 39 people have been rescued and at least 75 were wounded.