In Zaporizhzhia – 9 people died due to the Russian attack, the city declared a day of mourning

The number of people killed as a result of the Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia the day before has increased to nine, the head of the regional military administration, Ivan Fedorov, said.

“The bloody hands of the enemy took the lives of nine civilians. Including a 1-year-old boy,” he said.

Fedorov added that November 8 was declared a day of mourning in Zaporizhzhia for those killed in yesterday’s Russian attack on the city.

According to local authorities, on November 7, Russian troops fired six anti-tank missiles at Zaporizhzhia, one of them hit an oncology clinic, where one of the doctors was seriously injured. A 4-story residential building was also partially destroyed.

The Russian military regularly attacks Ukrainian regions with various types of weapons – attack UAVs, rockets, anti-aircraft missiles, and anti-aircraft missiles.

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The leadership of Russia denies that the Russian army during a full-scale war inflicts targeted strikes on the civilian infrastructure of the cities and villages of Ukraine, killing the civilian population and destroying hospitals, schools, kindergartens, energy and water supply facilities.

The Ukrainian authorities and international organizations qualify these strikes as war crimes by the Russian Federation and emphasize that they are purposeful in nature.