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Russians hit Zaporizhzhia with five missiles: one woman killed and two injured

Friday, 12 August 2022, 22:22
Russians hit Zaporizhzhia with five missiles: one woman killed and two injured

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKOFRIDAY, 12 AUGUST 2022, 20:10

OLEKSANDR STARUKH. SCREENSHOT FROM VIDEO

The Russians have launched a massive missile attack on Zaporizhzhia, destroying infrastructure facilities. One person has been reported killed and another two injured.

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Source: Oleksandr Starukh, the head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram; Anatolii Kurtiev, the acting mayor of Zaporizhzhia, on Telegram

Quote from Starukh: "Around 19:15, the enemy attacked the city of Zaporizhzhia. A total of five missiles were fired.

Infrastructure facilities in the Shevchenkivskyi district of the city [which is the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast] were destroyed. A fire broke out. So far one woman is known to have been injured."

Details: Anatolii Kurtiev, the acting mayor of Zaporizhzhia, reported that the Russians had launched missile strikes on an infrastructure facility and a gas station located in the Shevchenkivskyi district.

"There is also information about ‘strikes’ in the suburbs of Zaporizhzhia.  The information requires additional verification, " he said.

Later, Kurtiev reported that one person was killed and another two injured in the attack.

Background: Earlier on Friday evening, the air defence system shot down a Russian missile over the village of Domanivka in Mykolaiv Oblast. 

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