The city of Zaporizhia was hit by Russian drones, which caused fires and damaged buildings. According to the governor, 12 people are injured.
Russian forces launched a massive drone attack on the city of Zaporozhye in southeastern Ukraine on Tuesday evening. The attack caused fires, damaged buildings and cars, and according to regional governor Ivan Fedorov, 12 people were injured. TASR informs about it according to a Reuters report.
Fedorov said on the Telegram platform that the strikes in the southern Ukrainian city destroyed shops, damaged seven apartment buildings and other buildings, and damaged cars. 12 people are being treated in hospitals.
Fires under control
“Rescue operations are currently underway in 12 places,” the governor of the Zaporozhye region said in a Telegram video. He also published images from the sites of the attacks.
Emergency services announced on Telegram that the fires are under control and rescue operations are underway.
Reuters reports that Russian forces are occupying large parts of the Zaporozhye region, where they have been making territorial gains in the past period. The city of Zaporizhia is under Ukrainian control.
The Russian-appointed governor of the Zaporizhzhia region, Yevgeny Balitsky, claims that Ukrainian troops have been attacking power grid infrastructure in Russian-controlled areas. They cut off electricity supplies for 40,000 customers in cities occupied by Russian forces.
