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The strike carried out by the Russians on Tuesday in Zaporizhia in Ukraine left 7 dead, according to a new report this Wednesday morning. Rescuers are still trying to find victims under the rubble.
Emergency services are still hard at work this Wednesday morning in Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine looking for survivors. The strike carried out by the Russians on Tuesday left 7 dead and 22 injured, according to a new report. A 5-year-old girl is among the injured. This strike notably destroyed a private clinic and an office building. More than a hundred rescuers are on site to clear the rubble.
“There are still people under the rubble. According to preliminary data, 20 residential buildings and three non-residential buildings were damaged,” regional governor Ivan Fedorov said on Telegram.
Ukraine's Interior Ministry said “up to five people could be trapped under the rubble.”
A new Russian land offensive in the south?
Zaporizhia is one of four Ukrainian regions that Moscow has claimed to annex in 2022, without fully controlling it. Ukrainian experts and soldiers believe that the Russian army could prepare a new ground offensive on the Southern front, where positions have remained generally unchanged for months. A Russian attack had already left 10 dead in Zaporizhia last Friday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who condemned “a brutal attack” on Tuesday, urged the West to provide more air defense systems to Ukraine, including American Patriot batteries of which he said he needed “10 to 12” units.
