Russians hit Huliaipole in Zaporizhzhia Oblast with rockets: Hromada deputy head and head of utility service killed

IRYNA BALACHUK – WEDNESDAY, 5 OCTOBER 2022, 12:31

The deputy head of the Huliaipole hromada [an administrative unit designating, in this case, the town of Huliaipole and its adjacent territories – ed.] and the head of the local utility service provider Blahoustriiservis were killed as a result of a Russian rocket attack on the town of Huliaipole in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Source: Oleksandr Starukh, Head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

Quote: "Oleksandr Anatoliiovych Savytskyi, Deputy Head of the local hromada, and Oleksandr Anatoliiovych Kosarenko, Head of the utility service provider Blahoustriiservis, were killed in a rocket attack on the town of Huliaipole. May they rest in peace. Our condolences to all the family and friends of the deceased."

Details: Starukh stressed that these people did not flee anywhere - they were at their workplaces to the last, defending and supporting the unconquered heroic town of Huliaipole.

Background:

• Russia launched rocket attacks on infrastructure facilities on the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia and on the city itself on the morning of 5 October; Ukrainian air defence shot down one of the rockets.

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