Kremlin says Russian missiles did not target residential building in Dnipro

Peskov suggested that the strike had been the result of Ukrainian “anti-aircraft counter-missiles” intercepting the Russian missile, saying that “some representatives of the Ukrainian side” had reached the same conclusion.

Oleksiy Arestovych, who advises the Ukrainian president’s office, said on Saturday evening that it looked as though the Russian missile had fallen onto the apartment building after being shot down by Ukrainian air defences. The comment sparked anger in Ukraine, prompting him to apologise. He then retracted his online apology, saying that he had made clear in his initial comments that his conclusion was only a preliminary theory.

Dnipro, a city of almost a million people which serves as a crucial supply hub for Ukrainian forces in the eastern Donbas region, has come under repeated bombardment from Russian missiles.