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Russian bombings continue in Ukraine and several key cities in this conflict have been targeted in recent hours. These sometimes fatal strikes often concern civilian areas.
The death toll from Russian strikes on Thursday, November 7, on the town of Zaporizhia rose to eight dead, while one person was killed in Odessa last night, local officials and emergency services said this Friday. At the same time, several strikes hit Ukrainian cities for several days.
Hospital hit in Zaporizhia
“The number of deaths resulting from the Russian attack on Zaporizhia increased to eight, including a one-year-old boy,” said the governor of the Zaporizhia region, Ivan Fedorov, reporting 42 injured on his Telegram account. Glide bombs hit a hospital and residential buildings in Zaporizhia, according to local authorities. Six people have already been killed and 23 others injured in a Russian strike on Tuesday, November 5. The “missile” shot had hit an “infrastructure site” said Governor Ivan Fedorov. Shortly before the strike, an air alert was triggered in this key region which is home to the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.
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Strikes kill one in Odessa
In the port city of Odessa, Ukrainian emergency services said one person died following strikes overnight from Thursday to Friday. “According to initial information, one person died and nine were injured,” emergency services said on Telegram, reporting fires in houses and warehouses.
Apartment building targeted in Kharkiv
In Kharkiv, Ukraine's second city, in the northeast of the country, at least 25 people were injured overnight from Thursday to Friday in a Russian strike on an apartment building, announced Igor Terekhov, the mayor of the city on its Telegram count. “The number of injured continues to increase. Now there are 25,” he added. The mayor previously reported “people stuck on the third floor of the apartment building”, specifying that rescue operations were underway. “In Kharkiv the Russians intentionally hit a block of apartments. The Russians are also attacking kyiv with missiles,” declared Andrii Iermak, President Zelensky's chief of staff.
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A few days earlier on November 5, another Russian bombing caused the death of two people, 48-year-old civilians, in Glushkivka, a village in the Kharkiv region. Russian forces are also putting pressure on this region, particularly on the city of Kupiansk where the authorities have urged the population to flee. Still in the east, two civilians died in a town near the town of Lisitchansk, in the Lugansk region, which Moscow also claims annexation.
“Massive” drone attack on kyiv
The day before, the military authorities in kyiv had described a “massive” attack by around thirty Russian drones, which left two people injured. The Ukrainian capital has been targeted by drone attacks almost daily since the beginning of November, according to press releases from the military administration.
For months, Ukrainian authorities have been asking their Western allies to provide them with more air defense systems to repel Russian attacks. Russian Security Council head Sergei Shoigu has urged kyiv's Western allies to begin negotiations with Moscow if they want to end attacks on Ukrainians.
