Death toll from Russian attack on civilian building in Zaporizhzhia rises to 13

A Russian attack on an apartment building in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia has already killed 13 people, the Emergency Situations Department of the region of the same name reported on Sunday.

“From the rubble of the building, state emergency service specialists recovered 13 corpses, including that of an eight-month-old baby“, announced the institution on its Telegram channel.

A total of 11 residents, three cats and a dog were rescued alive after a Russian missile destroyed part of the five-story building in the early hours of March 2, the source added.

Since then, municipal services have removed more than 893 tons of debris and psychologists from the state emergency services provided psychological assistance to about 100 people, including residents of the building and relatives of the victims.

Seven people were hospitalized following the attack and two of them are in serious condition, according to Zaporizhzhia Governor Yury Malashko.

In January, a Russian attack on a tower killed at least 45 people, including six children, in the central city of Dnipro.

Russia claims to have annexed the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, but never fully controlled them.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksi Reznikov assured that the Russian army loses up to “500 soldiers a day” in its offensive against the city of Bakhmutin the east of the country, and the scene of a severe siege by Russia.

“The losses of the Russians amount to 500 dead and wounded every day”, assured the Ukrainian minister to the Sunday weekly of the newspaper ‘Bild’, in an interview in which he described the Russian soldiers as “cannon fodder” in ground meat”. tactics” used by Moscow.

The casualty figures of the Russian offensive in Bakhmut could not be independently verified. It has however been confirmed, and according to the Kremlin itself, that Russian forces have stepped up their attacks on the city in recent days.

In fact, the Wagner mercenary unit is particularly active in the region. Its leader, Yevgeni Prigozhin, assured that his activity around the square has increased, while local NGOs, such as Russia behind bars, denounce the wear and tear on their ranks.

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