Ukraine says two killed in Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia, one dead in Sumy attack
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Ukrainian officials inspecting the bodies of people killed by a Russian missile strike in the city of Zaporizhzhia.
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KYIV – A Russian air strike killed two people in the city of Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine on Saturday, the local authorities said, while Kyiv said one person had been killed in an attack on Sumy in the north-east.
“An enemy missile hit an open area. Unfortunately, a man and a woman were killed,” said city council official Anatoly Kurtev, about the Zaporizhzhia strike.
Another woman was wounded, he said, in a post on Twitter, which is being rebranded as X.
“The shock wave shattered the windows of a very tall building, and damaged an education centre and a supermarket,” he said.
Ukrainian media showed images of the aftermath of the attack, including the destroyed frontage of a supermarket with empty shelves that had been plunged into darkness by the blast.
Separately, one person was reported killed and five injured in a strike in the north-eastern city of Sumy late on Saturday.
“During the evening of July 29, an enemy missile hit an educational institution,” Ukraine’s Interior Ministry said on Telegram. “At least one civilian was killed and five civilians were wounded.”
Russian forces crossed into the Sumy region shortly after Moscow invaded Ukraine on Feb 24, 2022, but Ukrainian forces took back control of the region a few weeks later.
Ukraine’s national police posted video footage on Telegram showing one person being carried away in a stretcher, the rubble of a building, and trees splintered
Ukraine’s armed forces said the Russian army had launched “five missiles and carried out 19 air strikes” during the day on Saturday.
They had fired “multiple rocket launchers 30 times” on Ukrainian positions and inhabited areas. AFP
