As of 7:00 a.m., employees of the State Emergency Service continue clearing debris and rescue work in a five-story building, which was hit by a rocket at night by the occupiers. About it reported management of the State Emergency Service in the Zaporozhye region.
“Information about the victims is being specified. At 7.00, 11 people were rescued, of which one pregnant woman, and 20 were evacuated, three of them were hospitalized with injuries. Rescuers unblocked two dead people from under the rubble,” – the message says.
24 units of special equipment and 95 rescuers, as well as psychologists from the State Emergency Service, are working at the site.
Seven ambulance teams worked to help the victims, now two of them remain on duty.
Volunteers and organizations “Vognik Zaporozhzhya” and the Association of the Red Cross of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region also help to search for people.
“At the place where rescue work is being carried out, volunteers from World Central Kitchen and UABeluga have set up a mobile tent. There, caring Cossacks provide water, hot drinks and food to the civilian population and rescuers who eliminate the consequences,” the State Emergency Service added.
The Russians’ missile attack on Zaporozhye was reported by local authorities around 2:10 that night. According to the OVA, the occupiers allegedly used S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems.
It was reported that the rocket destroyed three floors of the house. In the State Emergency Service clarified that there is destruction “from the 5th to the 1st floors of a five-story residential building within one entrance.”
After a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russian forces captured part of the Zaporizhia Oblast.
The Russians could not capture Zaporozhye itself, but they regularly shell it and other cities in the region.
For attacks on Zaporozhye, the invaders often use S-300 complexes designed to destroy air targets. The ability of the Ukrainian air defense system to shoot down such missiles is limited, according to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In 2022, according to city officials, in Zaporozhye due to Russian aggression destroyed or damaged 930 houses, reported “Public” .
