At least five thousand houses were destroyed or damaged in Zaporizhzhia due to Russian shelling

As of April 29, 5,180 households were completely destroyed or partially damaged as a result of hostilities in populated areas of the Zaporizhzhia region.

This was reported by the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration.

The closer to the front line, the scale of destruction in the Zaporizhzhia region is much worse. The number of damaged housing and social facilities in the war zone is increasing every day, as houses suffer new damage.

The communities of the front-line settlements of the Zaporizhzhia region suffer the most from Russian shelling. Every day, the reports of the General Staff mention the villages, towns, and cities of the Pologiv and Vasyliv districts, which the Russian Federation hits with barrel and heavy artillery, tanks, aviation, S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems, and also uses drones. The Russians terrorize the civilian sector of the Gulyaipil and Orihiv communities especially mercilessly every day.

“Of the 56 high-rise buildings, there is not a single one that was not damaged. Approximately 50% of the private sector was destroyed, says Deputy chairman Svitlana Mandrych. – Schools, kindergartens, cultural center, library, sports and music school. There is not a single social object that would not suffer as a result of Russian shelling.”

The Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration says: hostilities and Russian attacks continue, and therefore it is too early to talk about large-scale restoration of destroyed buildings. But where possible, work has already begun. First of all, in the regional center. First of all, houses are conserved in order to save them from environmental influences.

“The register of damaged and destroyed property of the State Agency for Reconstruction (which records information about residential buildings and other structures that were destroyed during the Russian invasion) is being formed. Project documentation is already being developed. But, unfortunately, this work is more relevant to Zaporizhzhia. Currently, the register contains information about ten multi-apartment buildings that were damaged in the regional center. One restoration project has already been developed and submitted for consideration. As for others, work continues. During a recent visit, the President of Ukraine visited the site of a rocket attack (which took place on March 22) and paid attention to the issue of restoring destroyed housing, said Vitaly Lytvynenko, director of the department of housing and communal services and construction of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration. – Today, work is carried out where there is an opportunity and logic of actions for this. But, if we consider, for example, Orihiv, at the moment, unfortunately, it makes no sense to conduct an inspection of damaged buildings, to develop estimate and project documentation, because the next minute after another blow, the house may no longer be there.”