The Zaporizhzhia District State Administration disclosed the details of Russia’s attack on the regional center. 6 explosions rang out in Zaporizhzhia.
Head of the Zaporizhzhia District State Administration Oleg Buryak commented on Russia’s missile attack on Zaporizhzhia on the night of October 18. The Russians took aim at the apartment building.
What is known about the Russian attack
According to Buryak, the invaders fired 6 rockets at Zaporizhzhia with a frequency of 3-4 minutes. One rocket hit a residential building. As a result, 8 apartments in this building were completely destroyed. The 3rd and 4th entrances will have to be completely dismantled.
There are structural problems in the building, so the rescuers are working very carefully, because if there is any mistake, it could all collapse, he noted.
The head of the Zaporizhzhia district state administration reported that two men aged 25 and 29 and a 48-year-old woman were hospitalized after the Russian attack. All these victims are in hospital in a stable condition. Secretary of the Zaporizhzhia City Council, Anatoly Kurtev, also commented on another Russian terrorist attack. He announced on social networks that employees of the local emergency and rescue service and employees of the State Emergency Service are conducting search operations in the building destroyed by the occupiers. The consequences of this attack are also being eliminated.
According to him, about 30 high-rise buildings, 11 private houses, as well as 2 educational and 2 medical institutions were damaged as a result of rocket fire in Zaporizhzhia. In high-rise buildings, the windows were mostly blown out.
The latest news about Russia’s attack on Zaporizhzhia
Yuliya Barysheva, spokeswoman for the Zaporizhzhia Region State Emergency Service, said that it was dangerous to conduct a search operation in that house. After all, after the Russian attack, there is a threat of the building collapsing.
As a result of rocket attacks by the occupiers, the Pokrovskyі Cathedral in Zaporizhzhia was also damaged. This church has a damaged facade, broken windows, broken doors.
Serhiy Lyshenko, deputy of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Council, reported on 5 victims. According to him, the whereabouts of the young couple remain unknown.