Russia Dead in Russian attack in Ukraine near Zaporizhia

SDA

29.6.2024 - 20:54

Smoke rises from a block of flats that was hit by a Russian missile. Photo: ---/Ukrinform/dpa
Smoke rises from a block of flats that was hit by a Russian missile. Photo: ---/Ukrinform/dpa
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According to official reports, at least seven people were killed in a Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Vilnyansk in the Zaporizhzhya region on Saturday. A further eleven people, including three children, were seriously injured in the rocket attack, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Platform X. "Unfortunately, the number of victims could still rise."

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According to regional military administrator Ivan Fedorov, an unspecified "critical infrastructure object" and several residential buildings were damaged in the attack.

The industrial city of Dnipro had been attacked just the day before. At least one person died in the rocket attack and a further twelve were injured. "Our cities and communities suffer daily from these Russian attacks," complained Selensky. As an antidote, "we are destroying the terrorists where they are, eliminating Russian missile launchers, hitting them with long-range weapons and increasing the number of modern air defense systems in Ukraine," he explained.