Six people were killed and 23 injured in a Russian strike this morning in the city of Zaporozhye in southern Ukraine, announced regional governor Ivan Fyodorov, quoted by France Press. Earlier it was reported that six people were killed and nine were injured, BTA quoted.
“Three people are in an extremely serious condition,” the regional governor said on television. The deadly missile attack hit an infrastructure site, he added.
„The fire that broke out at the site was put out”, Fyodorov announced at noon in “Telegram”.
Shortly before the strike, the area, which also houses Europe's largest nuclear power plant and has been occupied by Russia since the start of its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, was on an air alert for the risk of a ballistic missile attack.< /p>
The head of the presidential administration of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, reacted in a “Telegram”, calling on the West to do more to help Ukraine.
„Zaporozhie. Another Russian attack, there are dead, wounded. Violence must be stopped with decisive action. Allies must act more firmly, he insisted.
Two people died as a result of the Russian shelling of the village of Glushkivka in the Kharkiv region, the Kharkiv regional military administration reported, as quoted by the Ukrinform agency.
„Around 2:00 p.m., the occupiers shelled the village of Glushkivka, in Kupyanski district. Two people died in the shelling – a man and a woman aged 48“, the message says.
Russian leaders continue to prioritize the Donetsk front; Russian forces have advanced in several areas in the southern part of the district, and Moscow continues to recruit large numbers of troops to support its operations in Ukraine.
As reported by Ukrinform, this information comes from a statement by the British Ministry of Defense on the social media network “X“.
British intelligence data indicate that over the past week, Russian troops have established control over several small towns and advanced up to 9 km in some areas of Donetsk region. Analysts suggest that these successes follow Russia's establishment of control over Ugledar in early October of this year.
Also, in the southern part of Donetsk Oblast, Russian forces captured the town of Gornik and claim to have taken Kurakhovka. About 15 km southeast of Pokrovsk, Russia captured the town of Selidovo, likely further enhancing Russia's ability to threaten the Pokrovsk logistics hub, the report said.
The Ukrainian army attacked a civilian car with a drone in the city of Privolie in the so-called Luhansk People's Republic, resulting in the death of a married couple. One of the dead was an employee of the administration of the city of Lisichansk, the press service of the local administration appointed by Russia reported, as quoted by TASS.
„The armed forces of Ukraine attacked a civilian car in Privolie with a drone, a married couple was killed. The dead are: Vladimir Ivanovich Molodik and his wife Olga Anatolievna Molodik. Vladimir was an employee of the administration of the city of Lisichansk, the statement said.