Russian strike in Zaporizhzhya: one killed, 25 wounded

23 January 09:05

On the night of January 23, Russia attacked Zaporizhzhia twice. First, late in the evening, the terrorist country attacked the city with 5 drones, and around 4 am – with ballistic missiles. The attack resulted in injuries and one death. This was reported by the head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration Ivan Fedorov, Komersant ukrainskyi reports.

During the night, the enemy attacked the regional center twice. As a result of the evening attack by Russians, a fire broke out in one of Zaporizhzhia’s districts. There were no casualties.

the enemy destroyed one of the energy facilities with “Shaheds”. Residents and critical infrastructure facilities, such as boiler houses, healthcare and social welfare institutions, were left without electricity.

The alert lasted over 6 hours. In the morning, the Russians struck again, this time with ballistic missiles.

At 4 am, at least 4 explosions were heard in the city.

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According to Fedorov, the occupants fired 4 missiles, the type of which is being established. He added that the missiles flew to the territory of the region 3.5 minutes after the air raid alert, and a few seconds later hit the center of Zaporizhzhia.

A few minutes later, Fedorov reported that a building had been destroyed and that there were people under the rubble.

As of 5 a.m., it was already known that a 47-year-old man had been killed and 24 people were injured. Among them was a two-month-old baby. Rescuers and power engineers who were eliminating the consequences of the enemy attack on the power facility were also injured.

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“There is a two-month-old baby among those injured in the Russian attack. She has just been taken to the hospital. Five people are in serious condition. The condition of five more people is assessed as moderate. Among them are two employees of the State Emergency Service. The rest will be treated on an outpatient basis after the doctors help,” said Fedorov.

As of 8 a.m., 25 people were already known to be injured.

“Unfortunately, the number of victims is constantly growing. As of now, 25 people have already sought medical help,” said Fedorov.

Currently, more than 20,000 subscribers are without electricity and another 17,000 are without heating.

One multi-storey building was destroyed, thirty were damaged.

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In addition, private houses and non-residential premises in Shevchenkivskyi and Oleksandrivskyi districts of Zaporizhzhia have been damaged. Utilities are already repairing the consequences of the enemy attack on Zaporizhzhia.

“All services are working at the sites of the attacks, and philanthropists have also joined in. We have deployed staging areas,” noted Fedorov.

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Остафійчук Ярослав
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