In Dnipro missile strike: Nine floors of random death and destruction

DNIPRO, Ukraine — For the better part of three days, the relatives of the missing stood watch outside, in freezing cold, hoping for miracles.

With each hour, chances of the best-case scenario — that their loved ones would be recovered alive — faded. At the very least, they yearned for certainty about the fates of those trapped in the rubble of the nine-floor apartment building heavily damaged by a Russian missile on Saturday.