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Russians hit Zaporizhzhia region with three missiles: number of dead increased to seven

18 November, 2022 Friday
12:33

On the night of November 17, enemy troops struck the Vilnyansk region, which is in Zaporizhzhia. Houses and infrastructure were destroyed, 7 people were killed.

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This was announced by the deputy head of the President's Office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko.

According to him, by 6 p.m. on November 17, the bodies of 7 dead people were removed from the rubble of a 4-apartment building in Vilnyansk, Zaporizhzhia region. Work continues at the scene, dozens of rescuers, volunteers and utility services are working.

Oleksandr Starukh, the head of Zaporizhzhya Military Administrartion, talked about the consequences of the shelling earlier on Espreso. At that time, it was known about 5 dead.

"There was shelling in Vilnyansk region. They hit an infrastructure object and the center of a two-story building. Unfortunately, five dead people were found. Four families - about eight people - lived there. The work is ongoing," he emphasized.

Earlier, the head of Zaporizhzhya Military Administrartion Oleksandr Starukh and deputy head of President’s office Kyrylo Tymoshenko wrote about the hitting of three Russian missiles on civilian objects.

"At night, the Russian forces once again launched a rocket attack on one of the settlements in Vilnyansk region. As a result of three rockets, civilian structures were destroyed. In particular, a two-story residential building was destroyed," Starukh wrote.

In turn, Tymoshenko specified that a direct hit to residential buildings was recorded. Three families lived in one of them, about 10 people in total.

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