Death toll from Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia rises to 8

By Burc Eruygur

ISTANBUL (AA) - The death toll from a Russian missile attack late Tuesday on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia rose to eight, local authorities said on Wednesday.

“Another body recovered from the rubble in Zaporizhzhia. So far, eight people have died as a result of a Russian missile strike on a private medical facility in the city,” Ukraine’s State Emergency Service posted on Telegram.

The statement further said that 22 others were injured in the attack, including a child.

It also said that search and rescue operations are ongoing at the scene of the strike, fearing that people might still be trapped under the rubble.

Zaporizhzhia Governor Ivan Fedorov also confirmed the number of casualties, saying on Telegram the strike on the city’s Voznesenivskyi district damaged 20 residential buildings and three non-residential buildings in the city.

Late Tuesday, Fedorov had reported that four people were killed and 20 others injured in the attack.

“We don't have enough systems now to protect our country from Russian missiles. But our partners do have these systems. We repeat, again and again, that air defense systems should save lives, not collect dust in storage bases,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an evening video address.

Russian authorities have not yet commented on the incident.