The Russian army has launched
seven missile attacks on residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia
, in southeastern Ukraine, several fires have broken out in the city following the explosions.
This was announced by the head of the regional military administration Oleksandr Starukh, as reported by Ukrainska Pravda.
"Dozens of people are under the rubble in Zaporizhzhia. The number of victims is increasing every hour. This is how the Russian terrorist hits civilians with his high-precision weapons. He hits civilians and infrastructure, proves his uselessness to the whole world. on the battlefield ".
The Ukrainian mayor in exile of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, wrote on Telegram, quoted by the international media.
So far, according to the rescuers' toll, there are
two women killed, six civilians injured, including a three-year-old girl.
Russian forces also struck an infrastructure in the Osnovyanskyi district of
Kharkiv (north-east)
overnight, according to the Mayor of the city, Ihor
Terekhov, according to the Kyiv Independent.
A fire broke out on the site, added Terekhov, stressing that at the moment there is no news of injuries or victims.
Six Russian kamikaze drones (out of a total of 12) that had attacked the regions of
Odessa and
Mykolaiv
during the night were shot down by the Ukrainian air defense units .
This was announced by the Southern Operational Command in Kiev, according to Ukrinform.
The command stressed that "the enemy has intensified
aerial reconnaissance".
Meanwhile, in his speech last night, Ukrainian President Zelensky argued that no matter what weapons Russia can find, because
'it has already lost'
.
"The Ukrainians know what they are fighting for. Now more and more Russian citizens realize that they have to die just because a person does not want to stop the war," he continued.