Attack on Zaporizhzhia Oblast: four people killed in Vilniansk

The city of Vilniansk in Zaporizhzhia Oblast was hit by a rocket on the night of Thursday, 16 November. At least four people have been killed.

Source: Oleksandr Starukh, Head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration; Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine

Quote from Starukh: "The Russians have once again launched a rocket attack on one of the settlements in the Vilniansk hromada [an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories - ed.]. Civilian facilities have been destroyed by three rockets used in the attack. In particular, a two-storey residential building has been destroyed. People are trapped under the rubble. Early reports indicate that two of them have died."

Details: Kyrylo Tymoshenko reported that a direct strike on residential buildings has been recorded in Vilniansk. One of them housed three families, totalling about ten people. Emergency workers are carrying out search and rescue operations to pull people out from under the rubble. Four people are reported to have been killed.

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