Zaporizhzhia glide bombs kill 15, three children a...

Summary

• Zaporizhzhia came under a Russian glide bomb attack early on Saturday that killed at least 15 people, three of them children, Ukraine’s president said.
• According to Volodymyr Zelensky, Russian aircraft dropped five guided bombs on apartment buildings in the south-eastern city.
• “Our responses to Russian strikes will follow,” Zelensky said.

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Zaporizhzhia came under a Russian glide bomb attack early on Saturday that killed at least 15 people, three of them children, Ukraine’s president said.

According to Volodymyr Zelensky, Russian aircraft dropped five guided bombs on apartment buildings in the south-eastern city. Emergency crews counted at least 16 injured, and they believed more residents lay trapped under the rubble.

The bombs struck at about 4:48 a.m. local time and damaged homes across two districts. One of them hit a five-storey apartment block directly, and images from the scene showed most of the building destroyed.

Acting Mayor Regina Kharchenko told local television that a strike on the ground floor brought down every floor above it.

Rescuers search Zaporizhzhia rubble

More than 80 rescuers joined the search, and officials expected the work to last all day. Crews paused from time to time to listen for any sound from people trapped beneath the debris.