A Russian strike on Tuesday left at least four dead and 19 injured, including a 5-year-old child, in Zaporizhia, southern Ukraine, according to local authorities.
Faced with this “brutal attack”, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky once again urges the West to provide kyiv with more anti-aircraft defense systems.
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At least four people were killed and 19 others injured Tuesday in a Russian missile strike that “destroyed” a private clinic in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia, according to authorities. The attack took place early in the afternoon, affecting “civil infrastructure” in the city center of Zaporizhia, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said on Telegram.
According to a new police report, four people were killed and 19 injured, including a five-year-old child, and other victims could still be found under the rubble.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned “a brutal attack” Russian forces which also damaged an office building and other buildings. He once again urged the West to provide more air defense systems to Ukraine, including American Patriot batteries which he said he needed. “ten to twelve” units. “We do not have enough systems to protect our country against Russian missiles. But our partners have these systems”he pleaded.
Russia has stepped up its strikes against southern Ukraine in recent weeks. On Friday, a Russian attack has already left ten people dead in Zaporizhia. Ukrainian experts and soldiers believe that the Russian army could prepare a new land offensive on the Southern front, particularly in the Zaporizhia region where positions have remained generally unchanged for months.
Such an attack would constitute a challenge for the Ukrainian army, already struggling on the Eastern Front and which is engaged in the Russian border region of Kursk, of which it occupies a small part.
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