The city of Zaporizhzhia was the target of seven Russian rocket attacks overnight, according to the Ukrainian ministry of internal affairs. First responders are on location, and “work is ongoing, all appropriate services are on site,” according to the statement.
Russia is allegedly using missiles to target residential buildings, according to the regional governor of Ukraine; Russia has not yet responded.
According to the governor, there have been at least two fatalities as a result of fires and “major destruction.”
The regional governor reports that two persons were killed in missile assaults early this morning in Zaporizhzhia, a city in southern Ukraine.
“A woman passed away. One more passed away in an ambulance “Oleksandr Starukh posts messages on the Telegram messaging platform.
Under the wreckage of the buildings, there are at least 5 persons. Numerous lives were saved. A three-year-old girl who is in foster care is one of them. At the location, a rescue effort is in progress.
Prior to daybreak, Starukh claimed that the missiles struck inhabited houses, sparking fires and causing “serious harm.”
Pictures of burning debris and rescuers scaling through the wreckage of a high-rise structure that had collapsed onto automobiles parked in front were among the images the ministry uploaded.
Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, has stated that he anticipates the situation in the Ukrainian regions that the Kremlin has seized will “stabilize,” after Moscow suffered military reverses and lost many important towns to Kyiv.
In a previous statement, his spokesperson Dmitry Peskov promised that Moscow would retake control of the towns, saying they would remain “with Russia forever.”
President Zelensky claims that Ukraine’s counteroffensive is gaining ground and that more villages have been reclaimed by Kyiv.
As reported by a senior White House official, US President Joe Biden has expressed his “disappointment” with the action.
And the IAEA chief claims to be traveling to Kyiv to talk about the situation at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
Ukraine’s nuclear agency declared Putin’s edict giving Russian control over it “invalid” after he signed it.
