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Zaporizhzhia hit again
Russian airstrikes on Zaporizhzhia injured four people and destroyed a residential building and an outbuilding, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine said, according to UNN.
“Russian airstrikes on Zaporizhzhia resulted in four people being wounded”
UNN reported that psychologists from the State Emergency Service provided assistance to 16 people, including three children, and that rescuers promptly extinguished the fire that broke out as a result of the enemy attack.
Censor.NET, citing Ivan Fedorov, said that three people were injured when Russian troops launched an attack on Zaporizhzhia, with three women requiring medical attention.
The Kyiv Independent reported that on July 10 Russian airstrikes struck civilian infrastructure in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, killing one person and injuring at least 29 others, and that Fedorov said authorities had begun evacuating residents from a damaged apartment building following the strike.
Officials and residents react
BBC described how Anna Holovchenko was awakened at five in the morning by glide bombs hitting the suburbs of Zaporizhzhzhia, and how an hour later drones flew over her house in a second wave of attack.
At a meeting of the acting mayor Regina Kharchenko, the BBC quoted her saying that during one particularly intensive attack she "did not go to a shelter, but when it became too loud, she hid in the bathroom."
The Kyiv Independent said Anna Tkachenko, spokeswoman for the main police department in Zaporizhzhia region, reported that "the city was hit by three guided aerial bombs" and that one remained unexploded and lay in one of the residential areas.
Ukrinform reported that Ivan Fedorov said the number of people injured in a Russian airstrike on Zaporizhzhia had risen to 29, and that one person was killed.
Shelters, drones, and risk
As attacks intensify, BBC said Zaporizhzhia city council met in an underground shelter to discuss the worsening situation, with the acting mayor telling the broadcaster that the enemy had stepped up terror against civilians and municipal transport.
“reduced Ukrainian electronic warfare [activity], because of a focus elsewhere”
BBC reported that plans included building more shelters across the city and putting up more anti-drone nets at the busiest and most vulnerable locations, and that anti-shatter film was being applied to windows in schools, hospitals and public buildings.
In the same BBC report, Sam Cranny-Evans of the Royal United Services Institute said one factor behind the worsening situation could be "reduced Ukrainian electronic warfare [activity], because of a focus elsewhere and an equally increased focus from Russian units" on Zaporizhzhia.
Kyiv Post said Russian forces launched 1,038 attacks on 49 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region over the past day, including 714 drones of various types targeting Zaporizhzhia city and dozens of other settlements, while regional officials recorded 153 reports of damage to infrastructure, homes and vehicles.
