Number of victims of Russian strike on Zaporizhzhya rises

Rescuers have retrieved three more bodies from under the rubble, the State Emergencies Service said on its Telegram.

On Saturday night, three more bodies were removed from under the rubble. Thus, the number of victims reached ten people, the report said.

Among the dead is one child.

It is noted that the staff of the State Emergencies Service continue search and rescue work of potential victims, dismantle destroyed building constructions.

At the same time, the utility services have already removed 333 tons of debris from the building.

The Emergencies Ministry managed to save 11 people, while another 20 were evacuated. 7 people were released from the rubble," the Emergencies Ministry said.

To eliminate the consequences of the rocket attack 110 people and 21 units of equipment were involved, including 76 people from the State Emergencies Service and 13 units of equipment

An emergency response team headed by the chairman of the Zaporizhzhya Regional State Emergency Service and a mobile operational group of the State Emergency Service apparatus are working at the scene of the accident.

We shall remind you that on the night of 2 March, Russia launched another attack on Zaporizhzhya, tentatively from S-300 air defence systems. One missile hit a high-rise building in the city centre, with the occupants of the block of flats under the rubble. More than ten flats from the 2nd to the 5th floors were destroyed as a result of the strike.