Russian troops shell rescue workers in Zaporizhzhia region: 1 dead, 5 wounded

Kateryna Tyschenko – Friday, 18 March 2022, 21:03

On Friday, Russian troops in the Zaporizhzhia region shelled rescue workers who arrived at the scene of an earlier shelling to extinguish a fire that had broken out. One State Emergency Service worker was killed and 5 were wounded.

Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Zaporizhzhia Region

According to the SES: "On the morning of 18 March, rescue workers set out to extinguish a fire that broke out in a civilian building due to the shelling carried out by the Russian army in the village of Natalivka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

While they were extinguishing the fire, the enemy fired again at the epicentre of the fire. The rescuers were in mortal danger. Unfortunately, one of our firefighters – Yevhen Donets, senior firefighter of the 4th Fire Brigade – died in a resulting explosion.

Five more SES workers who suffered wounds and injuries of different severity are now hospitalised."