Two people were killed and ten others, including four children, were injured in Russian strikes on Ukraine‘s Zaporizhzhia region, Governor Ivan Fedorov said on Wednesday.
Russian forces carried out 567 attacks over the 24 hours into Wednesday morning across 16 settlements in the region, Fedorov said.
Zaporizhzhia has been on the front lines of the war that Russia launched against its smaller neighbour in February 2022.
Damages Reported
At least nine buildings were damaged in the early morning strikes on the Zaporizhzhia city district alone, Fedorov said on the Telegram messaging app. Zaporizhzhia city is the administrative centre of the broader region.
“Emergency services continue to respond on the ground,” Fedorov said.
Reuters could not independently verify the report. There was no immediate comment from Russia.
Both sides deny targeting civilians in their strikes on each other’s territory. But thousands of civilians have died in the conflict, the vast majority of them Ukrainian.
Airstrikes On Kharkiv
Earlier on Tuesday, one person was killed and 10 others, including two children, were injured in Russia’s largest airstrike on the Ukrainian town of Lozova since the war began, according to officials.
The “massive strike” damaged the train station and other infrastructure in the town, a transport hub in the Kharkiv region bordering Russia, state rail operator Ukrzaliznytsia said in a statement.
Photos shared by emergency services appeared to show a damaged train and rubble covering a train platform.
Critical Infrastructure Hit
“Critical infrastructure, apartment buildings and private homes have been damaged … Lozova has endured the largest attack since the beginning of the war,” town council head Serhiy Zelenskiy wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
Two children were wounded in the attack that left parts of the region without power and water, he added.
Ukrzaliznytsia said one of its employees died and four more were injured. Emergency services said 10 people in total were injured in the attack.
(With inputs from Reuters)
