Russia hits Zaporizhzhia with ballistic missile, killing three

At least three people have been killed in the Russian shelling of Zaporizhzhia in southeast Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a Telegram post.

Earlier, another person was reported injured by Anatolii Kurtev, the secretary of the city council.

The rescue operation is underway. All victims will be provided with the necessary assistance. And this war crime of Russia will certainly face its sentence. And the response to Russian terrorists will be on the frontline – thanks to our heroic warriors, he added.

Earlier, head of the regional military administration Yurii Malashko said a Russian missile struck a residential area, landing near the church and market, causing civilian casualties.

Russian forces have been shelling the region since day one of the full scale ago. On August 7, the enemy conducted 105 strikes on 24 settlements.

The body of a 53-year-old man who was considered missing was retrieved from under the rubble of a house in Novodanylivka destroyed by an airstrike.

An 83-year-old woman was wounded as a result of the nighttime attacks on Preobrazhenka.