Russians hit Zaporizhzhia with five missiles: one woman killed and two injured
KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO — FRIDAY, 12 AUGUST 2022, 20:10
OLEKSANDR STARUKH. SCREENSHOT FROM VIDEO
The Russians have launched a massive missile attack on Zaporizhzhia, destroying infrastructure facilities. One person has been reported killed and another two injured.
Source: Oleksandr Starukh, the head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram; Anatolii Kurtiev, the acting mayor of Zaporizhzhia, on Telegram
Quote from Starukh: "Around 19:15, the enemy attacked the city of Zaporizhzhia. A total of five missiles were fired.
Infrastructure facilities in the Shevchenkivskyi district of the city [which is the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast] were destroyed. A fire broke out. So far one woman is known to have been injured."
Details: Anatolii Kurtiev, the acting mayor of Zaporizhzhia, reported that the Russians had launched missile strikes on an infrastructure facility and a gas station located in the Shevchenkivskyi district.
"There is also information about ‘strikes’ in the suburbs of Zaporizhzhia. The information requires additional verification, " he said.
Later, Kurtiev reported that one person was killed and another two injured in the attack.
Background: Earlier on Friday evening, the air defence system shot down a Russian missile over the village of Domanivka in Mykolaiv Oblast.
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