Civilian facilities bombed in Zaporizhia for the first time – authorities

09:45, 16.03.2022 1 min read

Head of Zaporizhia Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Starukh has said that for the first time since the start of the war, civilian facilities in Zaporizhia have been bombed.

"The morning was not good. The main news is that for the first time in Zaporizhia civilian facilities were bombed. The rockets flew to the area of the railway station Zaporizhia-2. According to preliminary data, no one died. The second rocket flew to the area of the botanical garden," Starukh wrote on the Telegram channel.

He also said that more than 3,000 people from Mariupol were taken to Zaporizhia at night.

"At two in the morning, 3,207 cars from Mariupol arrived in Zaporizhia. We have already accepted and settled more than 3,000 people, 772 of them are children," he said.