Number of victims of missile attack on Zaporizhzhya multi-apartment building rises to 13

5 March, 02:41 PM
A Russian rocket killed 13 people in a five-story building in Zaporozhye (Photo:State Emergency Service)

A Russian rocket killed 13 people in a five-story building in Zaporozhye (Photo:State Emergency Service)

Thirteen victims, including a family with an eight-month-old girl, have been identified after four days of clearing the rubble of a five-storey building in Zaporizhzhya hit by a Russian missile, the regional emergency service said on Facebook on March 5. 

Search and rescue operations have been ongoing for four days. Twenty-three units of equipment and 101 workers, including 60 from the emergency service are involved.

In total, 853 tonnes of debris have been cleared so far.

Invading Russian forces launched an S-300 missile attack on Zaporizhzhya in the early hours of March 2. Enemy missiles struck a five-storey residential building and destroyed over ten apartments.

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