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Two women killed in Russian missile attack in Zaporizhia, official says
By Olga Voitovych
Rescuers work at the site of a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile attack in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, on Oct. 6.
(Photo: Reuters)
Two women were killed and at least five people were trapped in the rubble after Russian missiles hit buildings in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia early on Thursday, said Oleksandr Starukh, head of the regional military administration. , in a post on Telegram.
"Many people were rescued. Among them is a 3-year-old girl. The girl was hospitalized. A rescue operation is underway at the scene," the post read.
Zaporizhia's acting mayor, Anatoly Kurtev, said in another Telegram message that eight people had been hospitalized.
Zaporizhia is one of the regions of Ukraine that Russia claims to have annexed, violating international law and protests from Western governments.
9 mins ago
Russian forces fire missiles at Zaporizhia in southern Ukraine
By Josh Pennington, Mohammed Tawfeeq
Rescuers work on a residential building that was badly damaged by a Russian missile attack in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, on October 6.
(Photo: Stringer/Reuters)
Russian forces fired several missiles on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia on Thursday, Oleksandr Starukh, head of the region's military administration, said in a post on Telegram.
"The occupants have launched missiles over the regional center, targeting infrastructure facilities. The extent of destruction and casualties are becoming clear. Take shelter."
Staruch said.
He said fires broke out in the Ukrainian-controlled city as a result of the attack, and "residential buildings were destroyed."
Zaporizhia's acting mayor, Anatoly Kurtev, also said residential buildings were on fire in a post on Telegram on Thursday.
It's unclear if there are any casualties, but Starukh said "rescue teams are working" to find out.
A bit of background
: Zaporizhia is one of four areas of Ukraine that Russia claims to have annexed, in violation of international law and despite protests from Western governments.
Russia has refused to clarify the borders of the territories it claims to have annexed and does not even have full control of these regions, as Kyiv's forces are rapidly advancing their counter-offensive through southern and eastern Ukraine.
Moscow controls just under three-quarters of the southeastern region, not including the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhia, which is situated along the Dnieper River, 120 kilometers north of the local nuclear power plant that bears its name.
'We are playing with fire,' IAEA chief warns of hostilities near Zaporizhia nuclear plant
The plant has been the scene of intense fighting in recent weeks and has been under Russian military control for months.
On Wednesday, the Kremlin also claimed the facility as Russian federal property after President Vladimir Putin signed a decree amending the constitution to admit new regions to the Russian Federation.
Just as Putin was signing the decree, Ukraine's state nuclear operator, Energoatom, said its president would take over as the plant's director general.
The confrontation over the status of the plant and the intense bombardments that have damaged numerous facilities have led to the intervention of the UN nuclear watchdog.
Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said Wednesday that he was going to travel to Kyiv.
"The need for a Nuclear Safety Protection Zone (NSSPZ) around the #Zaporizhzhya NPP is now more urgent than ever," he tweeted.
11 mins ago
Zelensky says more villages liberated in southern Ukraine's Kherson region
By Josh Pennington, Julia Kesaieva
President Zelensky.
Stock image.
(Photo: Alexey Furman/Getty Images)
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that more settlements have been liberated in southern Ukraine amid a Ukrainian counteroffensive in the Kherson region.
The communities of Novovoskrenske, Novohryhorivka and Petropavlivka have been recaptured, he said in his daily address, suggesting that Ukrainian forces are advancing into Kherson's largely rural interior.
The three settlements "were freed from the pseudo-referendum and [subsequently] stabilized," he said.
However, Ukrainian forces remain some distance from the capital of Kherson and other strategically important areas.
15 mins ago
US believes elements within Ukraine government authorized assassination near Moscow, sources say
By Natasha Bertrand, Katie Bo Lillis
A portrait of Russian Daria Dugina, who was killed in a car bomb explosion the previous week, is displayed near her coffin during a ceremony at the Ostankino center in Moscow on August 23, 2022. (Photo: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP /GettyImages)
The US intelligence community believes the car bombing that killed Darya Dugina, the daughter of prominent Russian political figure Alexander Dugin, was authorized by elements within the Ukrainian government, sources briefed on intelligence told CNN.
The United States was not aware of the plan beforehand, according to the sources, and it is still unclear who exactly it believes signed off on the assassination.
It is also unclear whether the US intelligence community believes Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky was aware of the plot or authorized it.
Darya Dugina's death offers a glimpse into Russia's great disinformation machine and the influential women who lead it
But the intelligence finding, first reported by The New York Times, appears to corroborate elements of the Russian authorities' conclusion that the car bombing was "pre-planned."
Russia had accused Ukrainian citizens of being responsible for the attack, something that Ukraine had flatly denied after the explosion.
Asked for comment, a Ukrainian defense intelligence official told CNN Wednesday night after the latest reports were released that his agency had no new information about Dugina's death.
Shortly after his death, the same official had told CNN that Ukraine had nothing to do with it.
The National Security Council, the CIA and the State Department declined to comment.
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