First responders rescued 12 people, according to the report. Houses and infrastructure were also hit in the Synelnykove district and the city of Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.A total of eight people, including an eight-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl, were killed, and 34 others were injured in Russian attacks on the region on April 19, the State Emergency Service reported.Escalating Russian strikes and resulting civilian casualties underscore Ukraine's dire need for additional air defense systems.Speaking after the strikes, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv needs concrete decisions from its partners on air defense, not only discussions.UN rep condemns Russian attack on Dnipropetrovsk OblastThe UN’s humanitarian coordinator in Ukraine, Denise Brown, issued a statement condemning the Russian military’s April 19 attack on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.The Kyiv IndependentRachel Amran