At least 14 people have been confirmed dead after Russian shelling in Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine’s south-east on the weekend, APA reports citing The Guardian.
The latest death toll follows repeated attacks on the city in recent days and brings the total number of those killed in the past week to 43 people, according to Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Russian missile strikes on Zaporizhzhia “have killed at least 43 people since October 3 this week alone”, Zelenskyy said in his Sunday night address.
Images of the aftermath shared by Ukraine’s emergency services showed a nine-storey building burning and partially collapsed as rescue workers sought to retrieve the dead and wounded.
The regional governor, Oleksandr Starukh, warned there may be more people under the rubble as Zelenskyy said debris was still being cleared. “More than 70 people were injured, including 11 children.”
“As a result of a missile attack in the centre of Zaporizhzhia, a multi-storey residential building was destroyed again,” Starukh said on Telegram. “There are injured.”
The city council secretary, Anatoliy Kurtev, said rockets struck the city, and at least 20 private homes and 50 apartment buildings had been damaged.
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