Update: Two-year-old killed, 22 injured in Russian missile attack near Dnipro.

A two-year-old girl was found dead in the rubble of a residential building that was hit by a Russian missile strike on the town Pidhorodne in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on June 3, regional Governor Serhii Lysak said[1] in a post on Telegram on June 4. The number of people injured in the attack has risen to 22, including five children, according to Lysak. Earlier, the governor reported that three injured boys, a six-year-old, an 11-year-old, and a 15-year-old, were in critical condition.

The missile strike[2] partially destroyed two two-story residential buildings, and damaged 10 homes, a car, a shop, and gas pipelines. Russia also attacked other parts of the oblast overnight on June 4. According to the governor, Ukrainian forces shot down two cruise missiles and one drone over the oblast.

Russian troops also shelled Nikopol, located just across the Dnipro River from Russian positions and from the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that Russian forces use as a base to launch attacks at Ukraine. Three high-rise buildings, a restaurant, and power lines were damaged. No casualties were reported.

Retired US General Petraeus: 'Now it's inevitable - we should give the ATACMS'

The Kyiv Independent interviewed retired U.S. General David Petraeus on the sidelines of a security conference held by the Cipher Brief in Kyiv on May 31. Petraeus is a four-star U.S. general who has commanded two wars.

He has headed multinational forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and has

Contributing editor

Lili is a contributing editor at the Kyiv Independent. She joined the Kyiv Post in 2021 first as a staff writer covering business news and then as business editor. Lili is originally from Washington, D.C., but currently resides in New York where she is completing a master's degree in Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian affairs with a focus on Ukrainian studies at Columbia University.

She is also currently interning with the Human Rights Watch European and Central Asia division. From 2017-2020 Lili served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ukraine, after which she interned with the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center.

References

1. ^ said (t.me)
2. ^ missile strike (kyivindependent.com)
3. ^ Retired US General Petraeus: 'Now it's inevitable - we should give the ATACMS'The Kyiv Independent interviewed retired U.S. General David Petraeus on the sidelines of a security conference held by the Cipher Brief in Kyiv on May 31.

   Petraeus is a four-star U.S. general who has commanded two wars.

   He has headed multinational forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and has (kyivindependent.com)