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Russian ballistic missiles or glide bombs struck an apartment building in Zaporizhzhia, causing the collapse of three floors and killing 27 people.

Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources
Stefan Korshak (Substack) Meduza Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post

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Russia (organization) Ivan Fedorov (person) Russian forces (military_unit) Regina Kharchenko (person) KAB (weapon_system) Police (organization) Emergency responders (organization) Medical teams (organization) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Zaporizhzhia (location) guided aerial bomb (weapon_system) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person)

Source Reports

Stefan Korshak (Substack) →

A strike on an apartment building killed 27 and injured 70+ in Zaporizhzhia, with the building collapsing.

Meduza →

A Russian military strike hit industrial facilities and nearby residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia on the afternoon of May 5, causing fires.

Kyiv Independent →

A strike on an industrial area in Zaporizhzhia killed 12 civilians and injured 42 others.

Kyiv Post →

Russian forces struck Zaporizhzhia with guided bombs on May 5, killing one and injuring at least eight.

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Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-07-18T16:57:30.917Z

Source story: day-1536b-2026-05-11