Ukraine's Air Force explains what weapons Russia deployed in Zaporizhzhia attack
Early reports indicate that Russian occupation forces deployed rocket artillery to attack the city of Zaporizhzhia on 22 March.
Source: Yurii Ihnat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, during the 24/7 national newscast
Quote: "We must acknowledge that Zaporizhzhia is a frontline city and that it is located close to the front. According to early reports from the emergency services, [the Russians deployed] a long-range multiple-launch rocket system, possibly a Tornado-S.
Artillery rockets travel very fast, with few seconds between launch and impact. Obviously if our defence forces have a capability to issue a warning ahead of a rocket or tubed artillery attack, they do so. If they are not able to do it, if there is no intelligence [about possible attacks], then terrorist attacks like this one might take place. It is not the first time [Russian forces target] cities’ residential neighbourhoods."
Details: Ihnat stressed that there is an ongoing threat of shelling and rocket strikes in frontline cities.
Update: The Prosecutor General reports that at about 12:00 the Russian forces launched 6 missiles; the type of the missile is being specified. According to the preliminary reports, there were more than 20 victims, including three children.
Background: The occupiers struck two 9-storey building on 22 March. The Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration reported that the missile hit the joint between the two apartment blocks.
According to the preliminary reports, there were not less than 25 people, one victim died in the hospital.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, published a video of a Russian missile hitting an apartment block.
Ihnat explained that the Ukrainian air defence is successfully shooting down the Russian cruise missiles but has no means against Russian missiles that are flying on a ballistic trajectory, and a number of other missiles (including reactive shells of multiple-launch rocket systems).
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