Attack by Russia kills three in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia, officials say
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Rescuers working at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on July 21.
PHOTO: REUTERS
- A Russian guided-bomb attack on Zaporizhzhia killed at least three people and injured over a dozen, damaging a nine-storey apartment block.
- The attack used Soviet-era guided bombs and caused fires that engulfed seven floors of the building, with residents facing repeated drone and bomb strikes daily.
- Moscow denies targeting civilians, but has frequently hit residential and civilian infrastructure since its invasion began in February 2022.
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ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine – A Russian guided-bomb attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least three people on July 21 and injured more than a dozen, regional officials said.
Seven floors of a nine-storey apartment block were engulfed in flames after the attack, the regional military administration said on the Telegram app.
Two of the dead were in their 60s and the other was 49, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said.
Officials say Russia makes heavy use of guided bombs – air-launched, often Soviet-era weapons fitted with wings and navigation – in attacks on regions close to the front line.
“The situation in the city is very tense because in the morning, we drive (to work) under Shahed (drone) attacks, at lunchtime we have guided-bomb attacks, and in the evening, we return home under Shahed and guided-bomb attacks,” said Tetiana, a 38-year-old resident of the damaged apartment block.
Reuters footage from the scene showed one side of the apartment block had been blackened by fire and that emergency workers were working to put out the flames.
Burnt-out cars were parked nearby.
Moscow denies targeting civilians but has frequently hit residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure since its full-scale invasion in February 2022. REUTERS
