Russian and Ukrainian authorities on Saturday denounced the occurrence of a major explosion in recent hours in the Ukrainian city of Zaporijia, which destroyed an industrial warehouse with no injuries.
Russia and Ukraine are often blamed for these bombings of the city, as well as the nuclear power plant of the same name, located on the other bank of the Dnipro River, in the city of Energodar, the Europa Press agency reported.
Ukrainian government leader Oleksander Staruj denounced the bombings as a Russian “missile attack”, although there were no casualties. “All alive and unharmed, but as a result of the impact, an industrial warehouse was destroyed. This event reminds us once again that we must always remain vigilant and careful,” he wrote on his Telegram account on the social network.
Shortly thereafter, the chairman of the “We are with Russia” movement and Russian official in the city, Vladimir Rogov, reported “a major explosion in Zaporijia around 12:25 p.m. local time,” via a message from the TASS agency.
“We are currently investigating the circumstances of the explosion and its aftermath, but we can say that a large plume of smoke was rising and the explosion could be heard throughout the city,” the Russian official said.
The military offensive launched by Russia in Ukraine on February 24 has already resulted in the flight of more than 13 million people – more than six million internally displaced persons and more than 7.7 million to European countries – according to the latest UN data, which ranks this refugee crisis as the worst in Europe since World War II (1939-1945).
The invasion was condemned by the mainstream of the international community, which responded by sending arms to Ukraine and imposing political and economic sanctions on the Kremlin.
According to the UN, 6,374 civilians have been killed and 9,776 injured since the start of the war, underscoring that this number is far below the real number.
Source: DN
