Enemy strikes at Zaporizhzhia: hospital destroyed, casualties reported
10 December 2024 23:10
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On Tuesday, Russian troops launched missile attacks on Zaporizhzhia. The death toll from the Russian attack has risen to four people, and the number of injured has increased to 20. This was reported by the head of the Zaporizhzhia regional military administration Ivan Fedorov on Telegram, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
Fedorov said that a private clinic was destroyed and nearby buildings were damaged. Currently, medics, police and rescuers are working at the scene.
“Unfortunately, the death toll from the enemy strike has increased, the Russians killed four people,” noted Fedorov.
The head of the JFO clarified that the enemy struck Zaporizhzhia with a ballistic missile, according to preliminary data, an Iskander.
“The strike was on a private clinic during working hours. Both employees and patients were there,” he added.
It is known that the clinic was not having an operating day, so the doctors were conducting an outpatient appointment.
According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, the building of the private clinic and a nearby cafe were damaged as a result of the hit.
The blast wave and debris damaged multi-storey residential buildings and cars of local residents.
The State Emergency Service also informed that four people have been reported dead, and the number of injured has increased to 19.
Dog teams of the Interregional Rapid Response Center of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (Romny) are involved in the search operations.
In the evening, at least eight people were trapped under the rubble of a building destroyed by an enemy strike in Zaporizhzhia.
Emergency rescue operations continue.
Zelensky said that the Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia proves that it is necessary to increase the capabilities of Ukrainian air defense and that the issue is only in the political decisions of Western countries.
“Each such strike proves that it is necessary to increase the capabilities of our air defense. The world has enough systems to do this. We have passed on all requests for air defense to our partners: both for Petriots and other systems that can be effective in protecting lives,” Zelensky wrote.
The President noted that the allocation of air defense systems depends on political decisions in the United States, Europe and other partner countries. They can save thousands of lives and make Russian terror meaningless.
