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Russian forces conducted artillery and glide bomb strikes against Zaporizhzhia City, injuring 13 people including two children.

September 16, 2025 Zaporizhzhia City, Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Likely Reported by 3 independent sources

Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

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Entities

Russian forces (military_unit) Zaporizhzhia Oblast (location) Russian Federation (organization) Ivan Fedorov (person) Prydniprovia sector (location) Zaporizhzhia region (location) Molniya (weapon_system) Mykolaiv-Kherson highway (location) Orikhiv (location) South Defense Forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Defense Forces (military_unit) Ukrainian troops (military_unit) Tornado-S (weapon_system) Russian troops (organization) UAVs (weapon_system) Tavriiske (location) Ukrainian Defence Forces (organization) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit)

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Russian forces conducted artillery and glide bomb strikes on Zaporizhzhia City injuring 13 civilians

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Two people were killed and 14 more injured, including two children, in Russian attacks on Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The strikes damaged 10 apartment buildings.

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

The enemy occupied Temyrivka and also advanced... near Novoivanivka (a village in the Polohy district of the Zaporizhzhia region)

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:39.392Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-16-2025