On Thursday (October 6), the Russian military shelled a residential area in southeastern Zaporizhia. Several buildings were damaged and there were casualties, according to local media. It is also reported that the number of casualties may increase as many people are trapped under the rubble. However, there was no immediate response from Moscow on the attack.
President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of violating Ukraine's sovereignty by referring to planned attacks in Zaporizhia. Joining the video conference at the European conference in Prague, Czech Republic on Thursday, he also said that Putin's forces launched at least seven missile attacks in Zaporizhzhya that day.
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Zelensky said that after the first attack, when people were busy removing the rubble, they carried out the second attack. We have received news of many casualties including women and children. It has repeatedly launched Iranian drone strikes from the air, but Tehran denies that they are of its own making. What Russia is doing amounts to war crimes.
Kiev blamed Moscow for the rocket attack in Zaporizhia amid renewed tensions between the two countries over increased military buildup in Ukraine and annexation of four regions of the country to Russia.
Meanwhile, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has designated the Russian-controlled nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia as a Ukrainian facility. Considering it as a Ukrainian facility, the IAEA inspection team is conducting investigation there, said the head of the organization, Rafael Grossi. Not only that, he also commented that the ongoing crisis regarding the nuclear power plant should be resolved in accordance with international law.
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