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Added on the 02/03/2023 10:42:46 - Copyright : Euronews EN
A Russian rocket strike destroyed a five-storey apartment block in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing at least three people and leaving other residents trapped under rubble, the regional governor and emergencies service said on Thursday.
The aftermath of an overnight Russian strike in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia leaves a picture of death and destruction, with dozens dead and at least 49 people in hospital as a result of the strike. The attacks, which come a day after a key bridge linking Russia to Crimea was partially destroyed in an explosion, appear to have hit residential apartment blocks. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Telegram denounced the 'merciless strikes on peaceful people' as 'absolute evil' perpetrated by 'savages and terrorists'.
A blast at a former factory in Kyiv caused by a gas cylinder explosion has killed four people and injured another five.
Russian forces attacked a Ukrainian museum in the city of Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region, killing one person and injuring several more.
A Ukrainian drone is said to have struck an airbase deep inside Russia, while the Kremlin claims to have shot it down and taken it off-course, Three Russian servicemen were killed as a result of the strike.