A Russian missile attack against the city of Zaporizhia, in southeastern Ukraine, left one dead and at least two injured, local authorities reported this Wednesday.
“This morning, between 01:33 and 01:48” (from 23:33 to 23:48 on Tuesday in Lisbon), Russia fired “six missiles against the city of Zaporizhia”, revealed the governor of the region.
Yuri Malachko wrote on the Telegram messaging platform that so far there has been one death and at least two injuries.
A few minutes later, the secretary of the city’s municipal council, Anatoly Kourtev, also indicated that Zaporizhia had been hit, stating that “an apartment building was destroyed by an attack with enemy missiles.”
In the photographs released by the Ukrainian press you can see a destroyed building, with part of the façade in ruins.
In this region, in Energodar, about 50 kilometers from the city of Zaporizhzhia, is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and is still occupied by Russian forces.
This Russian offensive comes after kyiv announced, on Tuesday, the start of battlefield use against Russia of the ATACMS long-range ballistic missiles delivered by the United States.
Ukrainian deputy Oleksi Goncharenko stated on the social network X (formerly Twitter) that ATACMS were the weapon used by Ukraine to destroy nine Russian helicopters on Monday night.
The Ukrainian opposition deputy explained that the Berdiansk and Lugansk airfields were hit by ATACMS, where nine Russian helicopters were destroyed, as well as several other military equipment.
The military offensive launched on February 24, 2022 by Russia in Ukraine caused, according to the most recent UN data, the worst refugee crisis in Europe since the Second World War (1939-1945).
The Russian invasion – justified by Russian President Vladimir Putin with the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russia’s security – was condemned by most of the international community, which has responded by sending weapons to Ukraine and imposing sanctions on Russia. political and economic.
Source: TSF
