Ukraine: Russian strikes kill 17 following bridge attack

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

JUSTIN SPIKE and ADAM SCHRECK

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian barrage pounded apartment buildings and other targets in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens, officials said Sunday.

The blasts in the city, which remains under Ukrainian control but sits in a region Moscow has claimed as its own, blew out windows in adjacent buildings and left at least one high-rise apartment building partially collapsed.

The multiple strikes came after an explosion Saturday caused the partial collapse of a bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia. The Kerch Bridge attack damaged an important supply route for the Kremlin’s faltering war effort in southern Ukraine, an artery that also is a towering symbol of Russia’s power in the region.

The rockets that pounded Zaporizhzhia overnight damaged at least 20 private homes and 50 apartment buildings, city council Secretary Anatoliy Kurtev said. At least 40 people were hospitalized, Kurtev said on Telegram.



Mucola Markovich, 76, wipes a tear as he stands next to a residential building that was heavily damaged after a Russian attack at a residential area in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)


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[Biophilic]

1. Trying to intimidate the people into giving up.

Kill civilians. That’s the kind of people those Russians are. But if they are willing to indiscriminately kill civilians now why not later?

[BigmanPigman]

2. Putin is s boob if he thinks this won't energize

Ukrainians to resist even more.

[Lovie777]

3. Russians - cowards . . ..

rather kill the innocent than face the might of the defenders in a independent country that Russia attacked and continues the war crimes, terrorism and pure hatred.

There is a place in hell for the Russian leaders, especially a long table where the devil sits while waiting for Putin.

[SouthernDem4ever]

4. When will russia pay the price for their crimes

I saw one article that described this attack as revenge for the bridge fire. I would say Russia has a lot more coming to them than just a bridge fire if we are going to assign a revenge scale.

[Evolve Dammit]

5. War crimes and terrorism. We know where it's coming from. Fuck Russia

[orangecrush]

6. HIT THE BRIDGE AGAIN