Ukrainian Air Defence shoots down Russian missile over Zaporizhzhia

ROMAN PETRENKO – SATURDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER 2022, 08:58

Oleksndr Starukh, Head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration, has said that Ukraine’s anti-aircraft defence forces shot down one Russian missile over the city of Zaporizhzhia.

Source: Oleksandr Starukh on Telegram

Quote from Starukh: "Buildings have been destroyed and lives ruined. The occupiers are trying to intimidate us, to kill us.

There could have been many more casualties. I’m grateful to our rescue workers! And I am particularly grateful to anti-aircraft defence forces, who shot down another enemy missile."

Details: Starukh said that the fragments of the missile that had been shot down fell beyond one of the city’s bridges [he did not specify which one - ed.]. The fragments did not injure civilians.

Background:

• Russian forces carried out an attack on the city of Zaporizhzhia on the night of 23–24 September.
• Local officials later reported that the attack had damaged a residential building, killing one civilian and injuring nine others.

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