March 22nd 2023.
Ukraine's president has shared a video on social media that he claimed showed a Russian rocket hitting a nine-storey residential block in the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia, with the impact killing at least one person.
Before dawn, Moscow's forces dispatched exploding drones to a student dormitory near Kyiv, resulting in the deaths of seven people.
In the shared video, CCTV cameras appear to capture the moment of the missile attack, with Ukrainian media displaying charred apartments at various levels of the affected building, and flames coming from some of them.
Two kids were among the wounded, according to Zaporizhzhia City Council Secretary Anatolii Kurtiev, and around 25 were taken to hospital, three of whom were in a critical state.
In an accompanying message, President Zelenskyy described Russia's attack as "bestial savagery" and said it was targeting areas where ordinary people, including children, live.
He then urged other countries to put pressure on the Kremlin to end its invasion of Ukraine.
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The city is located approximately 100 kilometres away from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe's biggest, which has been threatened during the war.
Russia has denied targeting residential areas, despite artillery and rocket strikes hitting apartment buildings and other civilian infrastructure on a regular basis.
Earlier on Wednesday, a drone attack partially destroyed a high school and two dormitories in Rzhyshchiv, located south of Kyiv, as reported by local officials.
The body of a 40-year-old man was recovered from the rubble on the fifth floor of a dormitory, with more than 20 people taken to hospital, according to regional police chief Andrii Nebytov.
Just prior to this, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Kyiv to offer his support to Ukraine, while Chinese leader Xi Jinping left Moscow after talking with President Vladimir Putin about his peace proposal, which has been dismissed by the West.
President Zelenskyy reacted to the drone barrage and other Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure with strong criticism.
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Ukraine's president has released a video demonstrating what he stated was a Russian rocket striking a nine-story residential structure in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, asserting that it killed at least one person. Moscow's forces supposedly released exploding drones prior to daybreak that murdered seven more at a student dormitory near Kyiv. The video put up by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on social media seemed to be from CCTV cameras that recorded the moment the missile hit the building situated near a bustling road. READ MORE: 'It was crazy': Navy helicopter crashes off Jervis Bay
(Image Source: http://www.9news.com.au) Media from Ukraine depicted charred apartments on various floors of the impacted buildings, with flames blazing from some of them. Anatolii Kurtiev, Zaporizhzhia City Council Secretary, reported that two children were among the injured, adding that 25 people required hospital treatment, three of whom were in critical condition. Zelenskyy wrote to accompany the video, 'Russia is shelling the city with beastly savagery. Residential areas where ordinary people and children live are being fired at.' He appealed for countries to increase pressure on the Kremlin to give up its invasion of Ukraine. The city is located around 100 kilometres away from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe's largest, which has faced threats during the war. Russia has denied targeting residential areas despite rocket and artillery strikes hitting apartment buildings and civilian infrastructure on a regular basis. READ MORE: Three teenage girl charged over alleged kidnap and assault of 13-year-old
(Image Source: http://www.9news.com.au) Earlier on Wednesday, regional officials reported that a drone attack had partially destroyed a high school and two dormitories in the city of Rzhyshchiv, south of the Ukrainian capital. It wasn't clear how many people were in the dormitories at the time. Police Chief Andrii Nebytov said the body of a 40-year-old man had been pulled from the rubble on the fifth floor of a dormitory, with more than 20 people being hospitalized. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida had recently left Kyiv after meeting Zelenskyy, in a display of support for Ukraine. Chinese leader Xi Jinping left Moscow after meeting with President Vladimir Putin and discussing his peace proposal, which has been rejected by the West. The drone barrage and other Russian assaults on civilian infrastructure elicited a critical response from Zelenskyy.
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