Zaporizhzhia airstrikes kill 17 as Russia intensifies attacks across Ukraine
At least 17 people, including three children, were killed and 18 others injured when Russian guided aerial bombs struck residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia on Saturday, 10 October. Emergency responders searched through damaged apartment blocks and cleared heavy rubble to extract trapped survivors, while mangled vehicles lined the streets and smoke hung over the southern Ukrainian city.
The deadly strike formed part of an intensifying Russian aerial campaign across Ukraine that has claimed more than 60 lives in just four days. Missiles also hit Kyiv on Saturday, leaving four people injured according to the capital's mayor, underscoring the expanding geographic reach of the bombardments.
The attacks came shortly after US President Donald Trump announced a deal to purchase Russian diesel, a transaction that Kyiv warned could provide Moscow with crucial revenue to finance its war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of seizing on any relaxation of economic pressure to press forward with its military offensive. More than four years after the full-scale invasion began, both countries remain locked in a prolonged war of attrition, with little movement recorded along the front lines.
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