Authorities urged people to go to shelters
An air alert was declared in eastern Ukraine. Authorities urged people to go to shelters.
The press secretary of the United Coordination Press Center of the Southern Defense Forces Natalia Gumenyuk said that the threat of new missile attacks on the territory of Ukraine remains very high. According to her, the Russians can make point strikes or attack in several waves.
A map was published showing areas at risk of missile strikes in red.
On the morning of March 5, an air alert was announced for all eastern regions, as well as for some southern and central regions, writes UNIAN.
It was later canceled for some of them, but not for Kharkiv and Donetsk.
Meanwhile, the number of people killed in the rocket attack on Zaporozhye on March 2 has increased.
As of Sunday morning, March 5, the number of people killed in a rocket attack on a multi-story residential building in Zaporizhia reached 13 people. This was announced by the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Zaporozhye Region.
“From the rubble of the house, specialists of the State Emergency Situations Service pulled out 13 dead, including one 8-month-old child,” the report says.
Psychologists from the State Office for Emergency Situations provided assistance to 100 residents of the house and relatives of the victims. To date, utilities have removed more than 853 tons of construction waste.
It is noted that the State Emergency Service rescued 11 people. During the analysis of the destroyed structures of the house, the rescuers pulled four cats and a dog from under the rubble.
On the night of March 2, the Russian military carried out a new attack on the territory of Zaporozhye, previously by the S-300 air defense system. A rocket hit a multi-story building in the center of the city, and the residents of the apartments found themselves under the rubble.
As a result of the impact, more than ten apartments from the 2nd to the 5th floor were destroyed.
The city of Zaporizhia, as well as other settlements in the region, are regularly subject to rocket and artillery fire from the Russian occupation forces.
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