At least 17 people have died as a result of the russian night attack with missiles against the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhiaas reported by Anatoly Kurtev, the mayor of the town through Telegram, the Ukrinform news agency reports.
“As a result of the night rocket attack in Zaporizhia, several apartment buildings and some residential streets in the city were damaged. According to preliminary data, five houses were destroyed and about 40 people were injured. At this time, 17 people are known to have died,” Kurtev wrote.
According to information previously provided by the head of the Regional Military Administration of ZaporizhiaOleksandr Starukh, the Russian army, which “continues to terrorize the city”, launched ten missiles at the city.
The acting mayor of the city, Anatoly Kurtev, also reported on social networks that residential buildings were damaged as a result of the missile attack.
“Zaporizhia u was targeted againn massive missile launch. Residential buildings were damaged as a result of the enemy attack. A fire broke out,” Kurtev wrote.
The city of Zaporizhia It was still recovering from a missile attack last Thursday, in which 19 people were killed, according to the latest balance from the authorities.
On that occasion, the Russians used S-300 missiles, which hit the center of the city.
Zaporizhia it is also one of the four zones whose annexation was announced last week by Russian President Vladimir Putin, contrary to international law.
Crimean bridge explosion
The bombings take place after the explosion on the Crimean bridge on Saturday, a key infrastructure that is also the symbol of the annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula. The bridge was inaugurated in 2018 and built at the initiative of Putin to link the peninsula with Russia.
This Sunday, Russian divers were scheduled to examine the bridge from the sea, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Jusnulin announced. The results should be published this same day.
Traffic, both cars and trains, was restored on the bridge a few hours after the detonation that left three people dead.
Russian authorities They attributed the explosion to a truck bomb. whose owner was a resident of the Krasnodar region in southern Russia.
Moscow did not immediately accuse Ukraine of the attack and the Ukrainian authorities have not officially claimed responsibility.
However, kyiv has repeatedly threatened to bomb this bridge, which is also used to supply its troops in Ukraine.