Putin praises 'positive dynamic' in Ukraine war after Russian missile strikes apartment building, kills 23 - Fox News

Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the "positive dynamic" of his ongoing penetration of Ukraine connected Sunday aft a Russian rocket onslaught killed 23 people successful a Dnipro flat building.

The Dnipro onslaught was portion of a question of rocket strikes Russia launched into Ukraine this weekend. First responders spent hours searching done the rubble of the 9-story flat gathering destroyed successful the strike. In all, Russia fired 30 missiles targeting Dnipro and different large cities, but Ukrainian forces changeable down much than 20 of them mid-flight.

"There is simply a affirmative dynamic, everything is processing according to plans," Putin told reporters Sunday. "I anticipation that our fighters volition delight america much than erstwhile again."

The rocket onslaught successful Dnipro coincided with different onslaught connected the superior of Kyiv. There, Ukrainian officials reported harm to infrastructure, but nary civilian casualties.

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A presumption shows an flat gathering heavy damaged by a Russian rocket strike, amid Russia's onslaught connected Ukraine, successful Dnipro, Ukraine January 14, 2022. (Governor of Dnipropetrovsk portion Valentyn Reznichenko via Telegram/Handout via REUTERS) (Governor of Dnipropetrovsk portion Valentyn Reznichenko via Telegram/Handout via REUTERS )

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a gathering connected the country's transport manufacture via a video nexus successful Sochi, Russia May 24, 2022.  (Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took to Twitter to condemn the attacks and said, "Eternal representation to each whose lives were taken by Russian terror."

"It was imaginable to prevention dozens of people, wounded, traumatized," Zelenskyy said. "Among them are children; the youngest miss is 3 years old."

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"The satellite indispensable halt evil," helium continued, adding that debris removal was ongoing. "All services are working. We're warring for each person, each life. We'll find everyone progressive successful terror."

A canine walks among debris of homes destroyed by a rocket onslaught successful the outskirts of Kyiv, connected December 29, 2022, pursuing a Russian rocket onslaught connected Ukraine. - Russian rocket strikes battered Ukraine including successful large cities similar Kyiv, Kharkiv and Lviv connected December 29, leaving astatine slightest 5 radical injured and cutting energy successful the west. (Photo by GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images)

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Ukrainian Air Force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat told Ukrainian media that the missiles astir apt "flew connected a ballistic trajectory" from northbound of Ukraine. He stated that Ukrainian forces presently person nary method of shooting down specified missiles, astatine slightest not until operators person been trained successful the usage of U.S. Patriot missiles, which President Biden's medication is poised to present adjacent week.

Fox News' Caitlin McFall contributed to this report.