"A woman named Olena, whose family had resettled in Dnipro to escape the fighting in the Donetsk region, said she heard four explosions at close range. "Alarms went off. Everyone was panicking. I told the girls to cover their heads, like that," she said, throwing both arms over her head. "It was terrifying. Not once since we resettled here from the Donetsk region.... There's never been anything as frightening as today, not even back there" in Donetsk, Olena said."
"Another resident, Maksim, was in his car as pieces of a damaged building rained down. "My car was completely destroyed by the debris falling from the roof. Pieces of metal fell onto the hood, roof, and windshield," he said. "I ended up underneath everything. Maybe it saved me. As I got out of my car, I saw that all the other cars were destroyed. I was in the epicenter -- right in front of the building where the explosion happened.""
Russian drones struck central Dnipro in daytime on September 30, damaging apartments, offices, cars, a dormitory, and a cultural center. The attack killed one person and injured at least 28 people, including two children, according to regional authorities. Civilians experienced close-range explosions, panicked alarms, and falling debris that destroyed vehicles and injured bystanders. Daytime aerial threats on Ukrainian cities have increased noticeably in recent weeks. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the strike "a brazen attack in broad daylight" and said the strike shows that Ukraine's allies must step up pressure on Russia and punish the aggressor more strongly.
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