Ukrainian Called Back To The Front Despite Missile Strike On His Home

Maxim was on leave from the front lines for the first time in six months to celebrate his wife's birthday when Russian missiles slammed into the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, damaging their home.

Maxim was on vacation from the front lines for the first time in six months to celebrate his wife's birthday when Russian missiles hit the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, damaging their home.

"I am very angry,

He said Maxim as he prepared to return with ever more determination to fend off the Russians in northeastern Ukraine and do his best to protect his loved ones.

He was due to return on Monday after his week-long vacation, but the Ukrainian military has now given him an extra day to clean up the mess in his home.

As long as (Vladimir) Putin is in power,

"This can happen everywhere," said the 45-year-old Maxim.

The businessman, who joined the nationwide appeal after the Russian invasion on February 24, expressed his anger and frustration.

He said, "It has been more than six months since I came home. Here I had the right to celebrate my wife's birthday,"

His military papers are on hand.

"We are fighting exactly at the front to protect these places," he said, far from the front lines. "But they still managed to beat them."

Two days after the partial destruction of the only bridge between Russia and Crimea, a humiliation for Putin, Russia launched 83 missiles at Ukraine,

Ukraine's Defense Ministry said some 43 had been shot down by Ukrainian air defenses.

Another 40 hit several power facilities as well as civilian infrastructure, killing at least 11 people and injuring 64 others across Ukraine, according to the latest official tally.

- Putin is disgusting -

in the Dnipro region,

Four people were killed and 19 others wounded by Russian missiles, according to military governor Valentin Reznichenko.

A spokeswoman for the emergency services said not a single person had died in the main regional city of Dnipro, but the city was "lucky".

In a residential district of Dnipro, where the Soviet monoton-

The buildings of the era stretch to infinity, the first missile strike hit an unused factory.

The second fell 10 seconds later in the middle of the road, making a crater several meters deep.

Video of the strike, circulating on social media, shows flames reaching higher than the 12-storey building where Maxim lives.

Oleg Kumar,

A businessman of about 30 years old, who is believed to have been in a movie.

"There was a massive red light and smoke was everywhere. It was hell."

Svyatoslav Makov, the city's transport chief, said the explosion occurred just meters from a bus that was badly damaged and its driver and some passengers were injured.

In Ukraine, "We hope for the best,

But prepare for the worst, ”said Oleg Kumar.

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