The death toll from a Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on 24 June has climbed to 21 civilians, while nearly 300 people were injured.

Russian missile strike hit civilian infrastructure, damaging a passenger train carrying over 500 people, along with 19 schools, 10 kindergartens, cultural venues, and medical facilities.

The assault killed 19 people in Dnipro and two in the city of Samar, while injuring nearly 300 others across the region.

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Historic chamber music hall damaged

The blast wave from the massive missile strike shattered over 40 stained glass windows at the city’s organ and chamber music hall, according to director and artistic director Anton Cherneta, according to Suspilne Dnipro. 

Cherneta reported damage to two large stained glass panels and approximately 40 smaller ones throughout the building, though the venue’s main organ survived the attack. Cherneta said benefactors would help restore the damaged elements.

“This [attack] won’t stop us. The organ and chamber music hall continues its work, this weekend we’re finishing the concert season. We’re holding the artistic front. We have no right to give up. There will be new projects in this magnificent building,” said Cherneta.

Windows of kindergarten shattered

Educational facilities throughout the city also suffered significant damage, including a children’s development center where staff and visitors took shelter during the bombardment.

Viktoriia, who leads modeling and clothing construction classes at the center, was working with her assistant Aliona when the attack began. They were joined by several other staff members and a grandmother with her six-year-old grandson when explosions erupted nearby.

“We were working when I saw a message about ballistic missiles and suggested going to the corridor. The explosions sounded and we just lay on the floor, hidden under chairs. The little boy was very scared and screamed: ‘We’re all going to die now!'” Viktoriia and Aliona recounted.

A nearby municipal kindergarten also sustained damage during the strike. Acting director and teacher Nataliia said some children were playing outside while others prepared for classes when the air raid alarm sounded. All 10 staff members moved nine children aged 5-6 into shelter during the attack.

“The children were very frightened, some were crying,” said teacher Liudmila. “When we were in the shelter, I wrote to parents: don’t worry, the children are in shelter.”

The kindergarten has switched to remote operations after the strike shattered nearly all its windows.

Dnipro’s mayor called it possibly “the most brazen strike” on the Dnipro city since the full-scale war began, prompting officials to declare 25 June a day of mourning.