Russian strikes hit residential building and Dnipro bridge in Zaporizhzhia, injuring ten
He stated that Russian forces hit a multi-story apartment building.
According to him, a 63-year-old man suffered severe injuries and was hospitalized.
During the rescue operation, emergency workers evacuated three people from the ninth floor. They did not sustain injuries.
Later, Semikin reported that the number of casualties from the building strike rose to five.
In the morning, Russian troops launched a strike on a bridge across the Dnipro River in Zaporizhzhia. Due to the attack, authorities temporarily closed traffic on the bridge while specialists assessed the extent of the damage.
Initial reports indicated that two men sustained injuries.
"These are men aged 43 and 54. Both are in mild condition. Rescuers hospitalized them," the acting head of the region reported.
Later, news emerged of three additional casualties, bringing the total number of injured from the morning attack to five.
Authorities later confirmed that the first two victims were Red Cross workers.
"Among the newly reported injured are women aged 24 and 59, and a 36-year-old man. The other two victims — men aged 43 and 54 — are Red Cross employees. They were commuting to work when the Russian attack caught them en route," Semikin specified.
Medical personnel are providing treatment to all the injured.
Background
It should be noted that on the morning of October 1, two drones struck near the support structure of the Pivdennyi Bridge in Kyiv. As a result of the attack, authorities suspended metro and ground public transport movement across the bridge.
On the night of October 2, Russian forces struck the Pivdennyi Bridge in Kyiv for the third time. The UAV impact damaged a bridge support, a guardrail, a lane, and a concrete protective metro barrier. On October 2, Russian forces launched a fourth drone attack targeting the Pivdennyi Bridge.
Furthermore, on the morning of October 3, Russian occupiers attacked the Pivnichnyi Bridge with a strike drone, damaging the roadway and trolleybus contact network. On October 4, an enemy strike on the Pivnichnyi Bridge in Kyiv injured two people; paramedics hospitalized one victim and treated the other at the scene.
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