Death toll from airstrike in Zaporizhzhia rises — what is known

Emergency and rescue operations are underway in Zaporizhzhia to eliminate the consequences of the Russian shelling. Several more bodies have been found in the rubble, bringing the total to six dead and 22 wounded.

This was reported by the head of Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration Ivan Fedorov.

Shelling of Zaporizhzhia - what is known now

A Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia killed six people. Another 22 were injured. Ivan Fedorov said that there are four more people under the rubble.

"All the city's emergency services are working at the scene, and psychologists from the State Emergency Service are providing assistance to citizens. There are already 6 dead and 22 wounded — the number of casualties has increased as a result of an enemy strike on Vozesenivskyi district of Zaporizhzhia. There are four more people in the ruins of a building destroyed by a Russian missile," said Ivan Fedorov.

As a reminder, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacted to the Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia on December 10, calling on Ukraine's partners to provide as much air defense as possible to protect the population.

The National Police released a video of the first minutes after the air strike on Zaporizhzhia.

Also yesterday, it became known that a Russian drone attacked an IAEA observation team in Zaporizhzhia region.