Key facts
- Governor Ivan Fedorov said the strike hit a multi-story residential building in Zaporizhzhia's Kosmichnyi District, damaging apartments on three floors.
- Ukraine's State Emergency Service said rescuers freed 14 people trapped in apartments after the strike.
- Fedorov said Russia carried out 972 strikes on 52 settlements in Zaporizhzhia Oblast over the past day, injuring 15 people.
- Fedorov reported that strikes at around 6:30 a.m. local time killed a 17-year-old and injured at least four others.
- Commander Yevhen Lasiychuk said Russian forces seek a logistical blockade of Zaporizhzhia, potentially opening a path toward Dnipro.
A Russian attack on the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia on November 13 injured 13 people, including five children, and damaged residential buildings, Zaporizhzhia Oblast Governor Ivan Fedorov said.
Fedorov said the strike hit a multi-story residential building in the city's Kosmichnyi District. Apartments on three floors were damaged and fires broke out on the second and third floors. Ukraine's State Emergency Service said rescuers freed 14 people trapped in their apartments. Fires also broke out in a nearby car, and the attack damaged apartments and the facade of another five-story residential building, according to the governor.
Emergency service psychologists assisted 23 residents, including two children, and search and rescue operations were ongoing, authorities said.
Fedorov said Russia carried out 972 strikes on 52 settlements in Zaporizhzhia Oblast over the past day, injuring 15 people including two children. At around 6:30 a.m. local time, he reported, two more strikes killed a 17-year-old and injured at least four other people.
Yevhen Lasiychuk, commander of Ukraine's 7th Air Assault Corps, said in an interview published on November 10 that Russian forces were seeking to impose a logistical blockade on Zaporizhzhia, potentially paving the way for an advance toward Dnipro. He said Russia may be seeking another axis of advance in the oblast to force Kyiv to divert troops from Donetsk Oblast, and warned that losing Zaporizhzhia would be comparable to losing Donbas. DeepState territorial data cited by Visua put the share of Zaporizhzhia Oblast occupied by Russian forces at around 75%.