The death toll from a Russian missile strike that destroyed a residential building in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia on Thursday night has risen to seven, the State Emergency Service in the Zaporizhia region said Friday evening.
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“On March 3, at 10 p.m., liquidation of the consequences of a rocket attack on a residential building continued in Zaporizhzhia. The forces of the State Emergency Situations Service subunits managed to save 11 people and evacuate another 20. Rescuers pulled seven dead from the rubble of the house,” the service said in a statement.
The rescuers continued their work and dismantled the destroyed structures. Utilities have already removed 333 tons of debris from this building.
110 people and 21 technical units, including 76 people and 13 technical units from the State Emergency Situations Service, are participating in the liquidation of the consequences of the missile strike.
It has been established that the Russians used the S-300 anti-aircraft missile.
As a result of the shooting, two more multi-storey residential buildings were damaged and left without electricity and water supply. The windows of the buildings were also broken.
The Russians, shelling the city, have already destroyed nine residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia. The authorities have encountered difficulties in accommodating the residents of the affected buildings.
This difficulty is compounded by the fact that Zaporizhzhia has hosted 200,000 displaced persons who do not want to move on because they expect their homes to be cleared of invaders in the near future.