Death toll from Russian guided-bomb strike on Zaporizhzhya residential building rises to 23
The number of people killed in a Russian attack with guided aerial bombs on the city of Zaporizhzhya on Oct. 10 has risen. 23 people were killed, Yuliia Barysheva, spokeswoman for the State Emergency Service Main Directorate in the region, told Ukrainska Pravda on Oct. 11.
The death toll from a Russian strike on a residential building in Zaporizhzhya has increased to 23, according to Yuliia Barysheva, spokeswoman for the State Emergency Service Main Directorate in the region. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the rising casualty count. Search and rescue operations concluded in Zaporizhzhya this morning, revealing that 23 people, including four children, perished in the attack.
Initially, the State Emergency Service reported 20 killed and 32 injured. On October 10, Russian forces launched guided aerial bombs at Zaporizhzhya, destroying a portion of the residential building and causing damage to nearby structures and private homes. Among those killed were two schoolgirls, a first-grader, an eighth-grader, a grandmother, her daughter, and her 16-year-old granddaughter, who had previously fled Russian-occupied territory.
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