Ukraine-Russia war latest: Two-year-old girl killed in Russian missile strike

The body of a two-year-old girl was pulled from the rubble of a house last night after a Russian missile strike destroyed homes in the centre of Dnipro.

Twenty two people have been injured including five children and 17 people are being treated in hospital.

Russian forces fired Iskander short-range cruise missiles at a residential area in the city, which hit between two two-storey buildings.

Ten homes, a shop and a gas pipeline were also damaged.

Serhiy Lysak, the governor, said: “Overnight, the body of a girl who had just turned two was pulled from under the rubble of a house.”

Rescue workers are continuing to search for bodies under the rubble.