At least three people were killed in a Russian rocket attack on the city of Zaporizhia in southern Ukraine, according to Ukrainian police. At least four people were injured when the rocket hit a five-story building, the state rescue service said. Eleven people were rescued alive from the rubble, including a pregnant woman.
The information might not initially be verified by an independent party. According to the authorities, the search and rescue work was still ongoing in the morning. It is feared that there might be other victims in the collapsed building. Zaporizhia is less than 50 kilometers from the front. In the past few months, the city has been repeatedly shelled with artillery and rockets by Russian troops. In September, Russia declared the Zaporizhia region annexed, although Russian forces have never controlled the region’s capital itself.
In mid-January, a Russian missile hit a residential building in the metropolis of Dnipro. More than 40 people were killed. The Russian war of aggression once morest the neighboring country has been going on for more than a year.
