As Russia intensifies its attacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure across the country, the city of Zaporizhzhia was particularly affected on Thursday, November 7. At least four people died and more than 40 were injured. Glide bombs hit a hospital and residential buildings, according to local authorities.
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With our correspondent in kyiv, Emmanuelle Chaze
Russia attacked Zaporizhia at least five times on Thursday, using missiles and hover bombs in the heart of the city. Among the dozens of injured are several children and a one-year-old baby. One of the bombs hit a cancer center. Around ten buildings and around forty houses were damaged. These new attacks were denounced by the Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, who calls on the world to react.
Alongside missile and bomb attacks, long-range Iranian-made kamikaze drone strikes have multiplied in recent monthsnotably against the capital, kyiv. Since September, there has been only one day without drones launched in waves against Ukrainian civilian infrastructure.
In the south of the country, in Kherson, short-range drones loaded with explosives are used by the Russians to target civilians on foot or in cars, as well as humanitarian workers. These facts were filmed and broadcast on Russian social networks. This increase in attacks against civilians adds to an intensification of the Russian offensive in the east of the country.
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