💥 Attack

Russian forces struck Zaporizhzhia International Airport with a Kh-59 cruise missile, damaging the terminal building. No casualties were reported.

Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Likely Reported by 3 independent sources
Ukrinform Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

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Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Yesterday, the enemy carried out a missile strike using a Kh-59 cruise missile against Zaporizhzhia International Airport. The attack damaged the airport's terminal. No one was injured.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

A Russian attack on May 26 hit the Zaporizhzhia International Airport, said Volodymyr Marchuk, an official at the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Lawmaker Musa Magomedov reported on the strike on May 26, publishing a picture capturing heavy damage dealt to the airport's terminal building

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Before the strike, an air raid alert went off in the oblast, along with the warning of a potential Russian attack with Kh-59 cruise missiles

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Explosions were reported shortly after the warning

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

On 26 May, Russian troops launched a missile attack on Zaporizhzhia International Airport.

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

An air alert was announced in Zaporizhzhia around 15.30 on 26 May following the attack.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:17:07.066Z

Source story: 3868478-russian-missile-strike-damages-zaporizhzhia-airport-terminal