Sharjah24 - AFP: Following a Russian missile attack on an apartment building in the city of Dnipro that left at least 41 people dead, Ukraine said on Tuesday that 25 people were still missing.

Saturday's strike was one of the deadliest attacks since Russia invaded Ukraine nearly a year ago. The Kremlin denies that Russian troops were responsible.

"Twenty-five people are currently being sought," the state emergency services said.

The Ukrainian presidency said the death toll from the strike had risen to 41 on Tuesday after the missile ripped open the side of the Soviet-designed housing block in the central city.

"The body of a killed child was found under the rubble on the fourth floor," said the deputy head of the president's office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko.

Emergency services said municipal workers had removed more than 9,000 tons of construction debris and 41 damaged cars since the rescue work began on Saturday.