On Friday, November 13, Russian forces launched a strike on a five-story residential building in Zaporizhzhia. According to Mykhailo Semykin, head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, 30 people were injured as a result of the attack in the Kosmichesky district. RBC-Ukraine reported this citing statements from the head of the RMA and data from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES).
Damage to the residential building
As a result of the enemy shelling, apartments and the facade of the five-story building were damaged. Rescue units worked at the scene, unblocking 17 people who were trapped in their apartments. According to the SES, cleanup operations following the attack have been completed, and city utility services have begun restoring the damaged houses.
Victims and children
Among the 30 victims, according to rescuers, are six children. SES psychologists provided psychological assistance to 31 people, including two children. RMA head Mykhailo Semykin confirmed that the number of victims from the enemy attack on the Kosmichesky district rose specifically to 30 people.
Context: attacks in the Zaporizhzhia region
Recall that on November 2, Russian troops twice attacked Komyshuvakha with aerial bombs. The strikes hit a school where humanitarian aid was being distributed to local residents, and a shelter. According to rescuers, 55 bodies of the dead were recovered from under the rubble after the airstrike, and police identified 30 of them. Search and rescue operations are complicated by Russian drones that regularly attack rescuers and equipment deployed at the strike site.
Thus, the strike on the five-story building in Zaporizhzhia has become another episode of systematic attacks on the region's residential areas, resulting in continued suffering for civilians, including children.
