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Russian Forces Strike Zaporizhzhia City Centre, Injuring Seven Civilians and Burning Vehicles
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Russian forces carried out a ballistic missile strike on the centre of Zaporizhzhia on June 26, injuring several people and sparking a fire in the city.
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The attack was reported by Ivan Fedorov, head of Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, who confirmed that the strike took place amid an ongoing threat of additional ballistic missile attacks.
According to Fedorov, seven people have been injured as a result of the attack. Emergency services and medical personnel are currently providing necessary assistance to the wounded.
Authorities said the strike caused significant damage in the city centre and triggered a fire at the impact site. Warehouse facilities and an office building were damaged, while windows, façades, and roofs of nearby residential buildings were also affected. Several vehicles were also set on fire.
The development comes as Russian occupation forces have been instructed to intensify FPV drone attacks against civilian targets in the city of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) reported.
According to an intelligence assessment, Russian commanders are ordering a significant increase in strikes on civilian infrastructure in the regional centre, including directives to target “any civilian objects” in Zaporizhzhia.
To support the planned escalation, Russian occupation units are being promised additional supplies of FPV strike drones.
HUR said the directive to intensify attacks against civilians reflects growing frustration among Russia’s military leadership over mounting losses and the lack of battlefield progress, including in the Zaporizhzhia direction.
The reported increase in FPV drone deployment orders follows a series of recent strikes on residential areas in Zaporizhzhia, including a Russian drone attack on June 8 that killed two people and injured 24 others.
The strike hit a residential district, with civilians inside their homes among those affected as Russian forces continued targeting populated areas of the city.
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