Russian attacks on Ukraine kill two, set private homes on fire
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A Russian missile hitting Ukraine's National University of Pharmacy in Kharkiv on Sept 16.
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- Russian strikes in Ukraine killed two and injured at least 20, according to Ukrainian officials on September 16, 2024, with Zaporizhzhia being heavily hit.
- Zaporizhzhia Governor Ivan Fedorov reported one man dead and 18 injured after 10 Russian rocket strikes damaged homes and buildings.
- President Zelensky reported over 100 drones and 150 glide bombs hit Ukrainian cities and urged joint European air defence, citing over 3,500 drones launched.
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ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine - Russian strikes in Ukraine killed two people and wounded at least 20 others, Ukrainian officials said on Sept 16, as Moscow presses on with its full-scale invasion of its neighbour despite Western condemnation.
Mr Ivan Fedorov, the head of the military administration in southeastern Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, said a Russian attack had left a 41-year-old man dead and 18 people wounded, including two children.
Pictures posted by the governor online showed firefighters battling blazes in private homes and other buildings.
Mr Fedorov said Russian forces had carried out 10 strikes from multiple rocket launch systems, damaging 10 apartment buildings and 12 private homes.
“I heard some distant explosions, very far away, so we went to sleep. And then there was a super strong explosion which blew out our windows,” Zaporizhzhia resident Oleksii, 35, told Reuters. “I immediately went outside and ran to my neighbours to extinguish the fire. I was so worried about them.”
The governor of the southern Mykolaiv region, Mr Vitaliy Kim, said Russian troops had attacked a farm there, killing a tractor driver as he worked in the field.
“This was a targeted attack on civilians,” Mr Kim wrote on the Telegram social media platform.
Other Ukrainian cities in the centre, south, and east of the country also came under attack as Russian troops launched more than 100 drones and about 150 glide bombs overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Two people were injured in the city of Kharkiv in the north-east, according to regional officials.
In the central Kyiv region, a large retail logistical centre was hit in the Russian attacks, with thick columns of dark smoke rising into the sky and firefighters battling the blaze.
“This is precisely the kind of aerial terror against which Ukraine is calling for joint defence...,” Mr Zelensky said, in a post on the X platform.
“Now is the time to implement the joint protection of our European skies with a multi-layered air defence system.”
So far this month, Russia has launched more than 3,500 drones of different types, nearly 190 missiles, and more than 2,500 aerial bombs, Mr Zelensky said. AFP, REUTERS
