Russian attack kills woman in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia, governor says
Medical workers evacuate a wounded person from an apartment building damaged during a Russian air strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine April 22, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer
Rescuers work at a site of an apartment building hit by a Russian air strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine April 22, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer
KYIV - Russia struck the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia with two guided aerial bombs on Tuesday, killing a woman and injuring 15 other people including two children, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said.
He said the attack damaged residential buildings and an infrastructure facility which he did not identify. Local officials posted images of a multi-storey residential building with charred upper floors and rescuers helping the wounded.
Fedorov said doctors were treating boys aged 14 and four as well as others injured in the attack, during which one of the guided bombs struck a densely populated area of the city at about 1140 a.m. (0840 GMT).
The highly destructive guided bombs are difficult for Ukrainian air defences to intercept.
Zaporizhzhia, an important logistical and industrial hub in southeastern Ukraine that is about 50 km (30 miles) from the front line, has been a frequent target of intensified Russian-guided bomb strikes.
Russia, which began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, partially occupies the Zaporizhzhia region, which is also home to Europe's largest nuclear power plant.
Russian forces also launched drone attacks on the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine and the city of Kharkiv in the northeast, regional officials said.
Four people were injured in Kherson, and a hospital was damaged in the drone attacks, said the regional governor, Oleksander Prokudin.
In Kharkiv, at one person was hurt, mayor Ihor Terekhov said. He urged residents to stay in shelters as air defences tried to repel the attack.
Russia did not immediately comment on the reports. REUTERS
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