Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia: 13 people killed and 89 injured, including children
ROMAN PETRENKO – SUNDAY, 9 OCTOBER 2022, 15:35
As a result of the Russian missile attack on Zaporizhzhia on the night of 8-9 October, 13 people died, as the regional police reported.
Source: National Police branch in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Details: The information obtained says that dozens of private houses, two apartment buildings and civilian infrastructure came under Russian fire.
As a result of direct missile hits, all floors from the ground floor to sixth floor of the nine-story building were destroyed. As the rubble was being dismantled, the other two floors collapsed as well.
Personal vehicles parked near the epicentre of the strike were set on fire by the explosions.
Two missiles hit a residential area in the Dniprovsky district. Several more struck the city’s Komunarsky district and Khortytsia Island.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, reported that 89 civilians, including 11 children, sustained injuries as a result of the Russian missile strike on Zaporizhzhia.
"A search and rescue operation is underway. More people are being found under the rubble. There is a risk that the building may collapse," according to Tymoshenko.
Background:
- Russia carried out an attack on Zaporizhzhia on the night of 8-9 October, launching a dozen rockets.
- The Russian occupiers launched 12 missiles on Zaporizhzhia; people may still be under the rubble.
- Zaporizhzhia City Council reported that 17 people had been killed.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is convinced that the Russians were responsible for the terrorist attack in Zaporizhzhia on 9 October, as a result of which 12 people had died.
- According to the Ukrainian Air Force, the Russian occupiers fired 16 missiles at Zaporizhzhia on 9 October, killing at least 12 people.
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