UPDATE 3 - Death toll rises to 25 in Russian missile strike in eastern Ukraine

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ISTANBUL (AA) - The death toll from a Russian missile strike in eastern Ukraine rose to 25, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday.

"As of now, 39 people were rescued, including six children. 25 people died, including one child. 73 people were injured, including 13 children," Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram about the Saturday attack on the Dnipropetrovsk region.

“43 people are missing. Preliminary 72 apartments were destroyed and more than 230 apartments were damaged,” he added.

Citing Dnipropetrovsk Governor Valentyn Reznichenko, online newspaper Kyiv Independent previously reported that the victims include a 15-year-old.

In another statement, Zelenskyy confirmed Russia’s “heavy missile attack on Ukrainian cities.”

“Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia, Ladyzhyn, Burshtyn, Lviv region, Khmelnytskyi and other cities were targets of terrorists,” said Zelenskyy.

“In the city of Dnipro, a residential building has been destroyed in this Russian strike,” he said, adding: “All floors of this building – from the second to the ninth – were smashed in the explosion of a Russian missile.”

Zelenskyy also said dozens of “wounded, traumatized people” were rescued and they are being treated.

“Among them are children, the youngest girl is 3 years old,” he added.

* Burc Eruygur contributed to this story