(Reuters) – A Russian guided bomb attack on Ukraine’s southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia on Thursday killed four people and wounded 18, destroying houses and damaging an oncology centre, officials said.
A four-month-old girl and two boys, aged one and 10, were among the wounded, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said on the Telegram messaging app.
Two people were in severe condition, he added, after Russia carried out five strikes on the city. The oncology centre was damaged by a blast wave, emergency services added.
Rescue operation continued as more people could be trapped under the rubble, officials said.
Destroyed buildings, houses with smashed facades and shattered windows could be seen on images from the site posted by Fedorov.
Blood trails and broken glass was visible on the stairs inside the medical facility.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said such attacks made a mockery of comments about the lack of negotiations with Russia.
“They take pleasure in killing people,” he said on X.
Russian troops have recently stepped up attacks on Zaporizhzhia and the surrounding region. They carried out almost 11,000 attacks on the region in October alone, according to Fedorov.
(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa; Editing by Gareth Jones and Philippa Fletcher)
