Guided-bomb strike on a five-storey block in Zaporizhzhia: 20 killed, including three children
Place: ZaporizhzhiaRegion: Zaporizhzhiaautomatic summary
Where the versions diverge
Sources agree on the death toll (20, including three children); the number injured differs: 18 according to the State Emergency Service, 32 according to the regional administration. Russian sources in the sample do not mention the strike on Zaporizhzhia. The next day the emergency service revised the toll to 23, and the latest report gives four children killed.
What Russia reports
no reports found
What Ukraine reports
automatic summary Acting Zaporizhzhia governor Mykhailo Semikin said that on the morning of 10 October Russian forces struck a five-storey residential building with guided aerial bombs, partly destroying one entrance. The death toll rose through the day, to 8, then 17 and, according to the State Emergency Service, 20, including three children; 18 were injured, while the regional administration put the injured at 32. A woman was rescued from the rubble after more than 8 hours of searching. Zelensky said Russia had "thanked" the US for lifting sanctions with strikes on Zaporizhzhia. The next morning Yuliia Barysheva, spokeswoman for the emergency service in Zaporizhzhia region, gave an updated toll of 23 dead; according to Ukrainska Pravda, 4 of them were children.
“Вранці 10 жовтня російські війська вдарили керованими авіабомбами по житловому п’ятиповерховому будинку в Запоріжжі.”
“Запоріжжя: до 20 людей зросла кількість загиблих через авіаудар росіян, з них 3 дитини.”
“Москва віддячила ударами по Запоріжжю”
“За уточненими даними на ранок, на жаль, маємо уже 23 загиблих внаслідок цієї ворожої атаки”
- Росіяни вдарили по житловій забудові Запоріжжя: 8 загиблих, серед них троє дітей — Ukrainska Pravda, 10 October, 08:51
- Удар по Запоріжжю: 20 загиблих, з них троє дітей, 32 поранених — Ukrainska Pravda, 10 October, 20:52
- Зеленський: Росія подякувала за зняття санкцій США бомбами по Запоріжжю — Ukrainska Pravda, 10 October, 13:30
- Російський удар по Запоріжжю: кількість загиблих зросла до 23 — Ukrainska Pravda, 11 October, 14:23
- Россияне ударили по пятиэтажке в Запорожье: есть погибшие и ранерные, под завалами люди — RBC-Ukraine, 10 October, 04:33
- Удар по пятиэтажке в Запорожье: количество жертв растет, под завалами еще есть люди — RBC-Ukraine, 10 October, 09:41
- У Запоріжжі вже 17 загиблих. Жінку врятували з-під завалів після понад 8 годин пошуків — Ukrainska Pravda, 10 October, 14:23
- Удар России по Запорожью убил 20 человек, в том числе 3 детей — RBC-Ukraine, 10 October, 17:42
What independent sources report
automatic summary DW, citing the State Emergency Service, reports at least 20 dead, including three children, and 18 injured; Kyiv Independent, citing the regional administration, reports 32 injured. Al Jazeera quotes Zelensky on five glide bombs dropped on residential buildings the day after Trump announced lifting sanctions on Russian diesel.
“Число погибших в результате атаки возросло до 20 человек, среди жертв - три ребенка”
“killing 20 people, including three children, and injuring 32”
“the day after US President Donald Trump announced a deal to lift sanctions on Russian diesel”
- Удар РФ по Запорожью: погибли не менее 20 человек — DW (RU), 10 October, 08:01
- Russian guided bombs hit Zaporizhzhia residential neighborhood, killing at least 20, injuring 32 — Kyiv Independent, 10 October, 06:55
- Russia kills 20 in Ukraine as US hosts ‘productive’ talks to end war — Al Jazeera, 10 October, 07:43
- Russian attacks kill at least 24, injure 47 across Ukraine as rescue operations continue in Zaporizhzhia — Kyiv Independent, 10 October, 16:05
Confirmation
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