Key facts
- Four people were killed and four injured in a Russian guided bomb attack on an apartment building in Zaporizhzhia on Oct. 10, 2026.
- The attack partially destroyed one entrance to the five-story building, causing sections to collapse.
- Rescue workers pulled two residents from the rubble.
- One person may still be under the rubble.
- Russian forces have repeatedly targeted Zaporizhzhia with guided aerial bombs, drones, and missiles.
Russian guided aerial bombs struck a five-story residential building in Zaporizhzhia early on Oct. 10, 2026, killing four people and injuring four others, regional officials reported. The attack partially destroyed one entrance to the apartment building, causing sections of the structure to collapse to the second floor.
Mykhailo Semikin, acting head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration, stated that three people sustained minor injuries, while another was hospitalized. The condition of the hospitalized victim was not immediately known. Rescue workers pulled two residents from beneath the rubble, including a woman and a man, as emergency crews continued searching the damaged building. Semikin indicated at approximately 7:05 a.m. local time that one more person may still be under the rubble.
Ukraine's Air Force had issued a warning around 5 a.m. that Russian tactical aircraft had launched guided aerial bombs toward Zaporizhzhia. The full extent of the damage remained unclear as search-and-rescue operations continued.
The attack follows a similar incident on Oct. 9, 2026, when Russian guided aerial bombs struck residential areas of Zaporizhzhia, killing at least one person and injuring seven others, including a child, according to regional officials. Russian forces have repeatedly targeted Zaporizhzhia, a southeastern Ukrainian city near the front line, with guided aerial bombs, drones, and missiles. Russia has occupied parts of Zaporizhzhia Oblast since February 2022, while the regional capital remains under Ukrainian control.