Russians attack high-rise residential building in Zaporizhzhia with drone, injuring people – photos

Irina Vakulyuk, Iryna Balachuk — 16 December 2025, 07:16
Russians attack high-rise residential building in Zaporizhzhia with drone, injuring people – photos
Building on fire. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

A Russian drone has attacked a high-rise residential building in the city of Zaporizhzhia, leaving two people injured.

Source: Ivan Fedorov, Head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

Fire appliance at the scene
Fire appliance at the scene
Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine
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Details: Russian forces attacked Zaporizhzhia with a drone on the night of 15-16 December. The strike by a Shahed UAV caused a fire in a high-rise residential building.

Building on fire
Building on fire
Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Quote: "Rescue services are working at the scene. Residents of the upper floors are being evacuated from the building.

Two people are known to have been injured: a man sustained shrapnel wounds and a woman suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning."

A man in an ambulance
A man in an ambulance
Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Updated: Fedorov later reported that the number of people injured in the Russian strike on the city had risen to three.

Background: Two people were killed and one injured after Russian forces launched further strikes on Dnipropetrovsk and Sumy oblasts on 15 December.

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