Lagatar24 Desk
Kyiv, Oct 9: The governor of the Zaporizhzhia region on Sunday said that at least 17 people were killed and 49 hospitalised, including six children, as a result of shelling in Ukraine’s southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia.
Oleksandr Starukh, the governor, reported that twelve Russian missile assaults caused the partial destruction of a nine-story structure overnight, the levelling of five other residential buildings, and extensive damage to several more.
On the Telegram message app, Starukh stated that there could be more persons hiding under the rubble.” He further added, “A rescue operation is underway at the scene. Eight people have already been rescued.”
City official Anatoliy Kurtev had said earlier that at least 17 people were killed when missiles hit a high-rise apartment complex and buildings.
The city is about 125 km (80 miles) from a Russian-held nuclear power plant that is Europe’s largest. Kyiv and Moscow have blamed each other for shelling at the Ukrainian-operated facility, which has damaged buildings and threatens a catastrophic nuclear accident.
