Russian forces conducted an aerial strike on the city of Zaporizhzhia, causing damage to a multi-storey residential building and starting fires on business premises. The attack resulted in three fatalities and fifteen injuries among local residents.
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Three people were killed and 15 injured in a Russian aerial strike on the city of Zaporizhzhia on 15 July.
The State Emergency Service said rescue workers had managed to save one more person.
Fedorov reported that Russian forces had struck critical infrastructure in Zaporizhzhia.
A multi-storey residential building was damaged at one location and cars caught fire, while at another site a fire broke out on the premises of a business.
Rosatom head Alexei Likhachev stated that a Ukrainian drone strike killed Alexander Yakovlev, the chief engineer of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, and his driver.
The drone hit Yakovlev's official vehicle at the boundary between the plant's industrial site and the city of Enerhodar.
The IAEA is expected to respond promptly, concretely, and clearly to this tragedy.
Ukraine’s armed forces did not comment on the incident.
Two people were killed by a Russian FPV drone in Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia region.
Ivan Fedorov stated that two men were killed by an enemy FPV drone in Orikhiv.
Russian attacks in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia and its surrounding oblast killed one person and injured four others.
Russian strikes hit Zaporizhzhia, killing 3 people and injuring 2, including a child.
Ukrainian soldiers under the callsign Clinton are loading automatic rifles into pickup trucks and moving to the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia.
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