Massive shelling of Ukraine: the number of dead and injured has increased

22 March 2024 12:31

As a result of today’s massive Russian attack in Ukraine, two people were killed in Khmelnytsky and one was killed in Zaporizhzhya. This was announced by Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko, Komersant ukrainskyi reports

Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, Odesa, Dnipro, Poltava, Mykolaiv, Vinnytsia, Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions were under enemy attack.

As of now, two people have been killed and at least eight wounded in Khmelnytsky.

There are also six injured in Zaporizhzhia, and three people are missing from the sites of the attacks . Four houses were completely destroyed and more than 40 were damaged.

All services are involved in eliminating the consequences of the attack.

The enemy hit a large number of residential buildings, and people are trapped under the rubble. Klymenko posted a video of a 21-year-old girl being rescued from the rubble of a private house

The Office of the Prosecutor General reported that one person died as a result of the Russian strike on the Dnipro hydroelectric power station in Zaporizhzhia.

“One person has been reported dead as a result of the shelling of the Dnipro hydroelectric power station,”

– he said in a statement

According to Petro Andriushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, an enemy missile hit a civilian trolleybus crossing the Dnipro hydroelectric power station dam in Zaporizhzhia. There were casualties among the passengers.

According to Ivan Fedorov, the head of the Joint Forces Operation, the enemy hit a large number of residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia, and people are trapped under the rubble.

“At least seven one-storey houses on the right bank of Zaporizhzhia were destroyed. There was also a hit near a multi-storey residential building. At least 20 residential buildings had their windows blown out and balconies destroyed. There were no casualties, and rescuers are working to clear the rubble. This is especially true of the private sector, where residents were just sleeping and the enemy was firing rockets at them. There are definitely people under the rubble, and we will be able to report the exact number of victims later,”

– he said.

Thehead of the Khmelnytsky regional military administration, Serhiy Tyurin, said that there were wounded in the attack, and one person was killed. People are still being searched for under the rubble.

According to the mayor of Khmelnytsky, Oleksandr Symchyshyn, Russian terrorists attacked a residential area. Two people were killed. Five people were wounded, two of them hospitalised. The rescue operation lasted several hours, and a 21-year-old girl was rescued from the rubble.

The missile strike damaged and destroyed a number of residential buildings and damaged hundreds of apartments in high-rise buildings. In addition, critical infrastructure facilities were damaged.