Russian forces on Sunday bombarded the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, hammering apartment buildings and residential areas with a barrage of missiles, killing at least 17 and wounding scores more. …
Ukrainian Emergency Service via APMembers of the Ukrainian security forces work at the scene where a building was heavily damaged by Russian shelling.A woman is seen sitting outside of a heavily damaged building.No one has claimed responsibility for the bombing, but Russian officials on Sunday said freight trains were running along the 12-mile bridge on schedule and that some vehicular traffic had resumed.
“The situation is manageable – it’s unpleasant, but not fatal,” Crimea’s Russian Gov. Sergei Aksyonov said. “Of course, emotions have been triggered and there is a healthy desire to seek revenge.”Russian missiles hit at least 20 private homes and 50 apartment buildings.A firefighter works to put out flames after Russian shelling hit a residential building.At least 17 people were killed and over 40 wounded.
Europe’s largest nuclear plant is in Zaporizhzhia, one of the areas that voted in September’s sham elections to join Russia. The bombing of the Kerch Strait bridge comes as Ukrainian forces have been pushing back the Russian military and retaken some territory in the four areas the Kremlin annexed – Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
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