Death toll from Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia rises to 14 and could increase further – Zelenskyy

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO – SUNDAY, 9 OCTOBER 2022, 23:15 

The death toll from a missile attack on the city of Zaporizhzhia on the night of 8-9 October has risen to 14. At least 43 people were  killed in the city this week due to Russian attacks. 

Source: President Zelenskyy’s nightly video address

Quote: "At least 14 people died last night as a result of Russian strikes on ordinary residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia. Unfortunately, this number may increase. Debris is still being cleared. 

More than 70 people were injured, including 11 children. All of them are provided with appropriate aid."

Details: The President has pointed out that hundreds of families were left without their homes as a result of the attack. "An entire [apartment-ed.] block, from the first to the sixth floor, was destroyed by one of the missiles – a heavy anti-ship missile Kh-22 – aimed at an ordinary nine-storey residential building," he said.

Zelenskyy is convinced that this was a deliberate attack by the Russians.

"The one who gave the order and those who carried it out knew what they were targeting," the President stated.

Zelenskyy went on to say that Russia’s missile attacks on Zaporizhzhia killed at least 43 people this week alone, since 3 October. 

Previously: It was reported that as a result of the Russian missile attack on Zaporizhzhia on the night of 8-9 October, 13 people died, including a child, and 89 people were injured, including 11 children.

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