Russia launches 7 missiles on Zaporizhzhia and outskirts overnight

WEDNESDAY, 12 OCTOBER 2022, 08:13

Russian forces launched around seven S-300 missiles on the city of Zaporizhzhia and its outskirts on the night of 11–12 October. Three people were rescued from under the rubble of buildings damaged in the attack.

Source: Oleksandr Starukh, Head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram; State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) on Telegram

Quote from Starukh: "Two missiles hit a neighbourhood in the [administrative] centre of [Zaporizhzhia] Oblast but did not cause significant damage.

Another five missiles struck the [city’s] outskirts. Three of them caused damage in a village near Zaporizhzhia, partially destroying a residential building; our rescue workers rescued three people from under the rubble. The final two missiles landed in a field near another village.``

Details: Starukh said that there are no casualties. The SES reported that a family hiding in a cellar of their house was trapped as a result of the building’s collapse. The rescuers freed a woman, a man and a child [who were trapped]. Neither of them required medical assistance.

Previously: Russian missiles struck the city of Zaporizhzhia on the night of 11–12 October.

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