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News/Russian attacks kill six in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia
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Russian attacks kill six in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia

Overnight Russian attacks on Tuesday killed six people in Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhzhia region and wounded 19, according to local officials. The attacks, described as "massive" and involving missiles and aerial bombs, also caused power outages.

Al Jazeera StaffAl JazeeraFiled 2026-08-11 · 07:07 GMTLean · CenterRead · 2 min
Russian attacks kill six in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia
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Overnight Russian attacks on Tuesday killed six people in Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhzhia region and wounded 19, according to local officials. The attacks, described as "massive" and involving missiles and aerial bombs, also caused power outages. In the capital, Kyiv, a ballistic missile attack damaged property and wounded one person, with a children's hospital in the Shevchenkivskyi district also struck. Ukraine's state emergency service reported a fire at a warehouse. Russia's Ministry of Defence stated its attacks targeted defense industry facilities and transport centers in Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian drone attack in Russia's Voronezh region killed one person and injured two.

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An overnight Ukrainian drone attack killed one person in Russia’s Voronezh region.

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A children’s hospital in Kyiv was struck by a ballistic missile attack.

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Overnight Russian attacks killed six people in southeastern Ukraine.

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Russia’s Ministry of Defence stated its attacks targeted defence industry facilities and transport centers.

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A children’s hospital has also been struck in Kyiv, according to Ukraine’s state emergency service.Overnight Russian attacks have killed six people in southeastern Ukraine and struck a children’s hospital in the capital Kyiv, according to local officials.The attacks early Tuesday included long-range missiles, officials said, part of a Russian campaign to overwhelm Ukraine’s air defences as Kyiv faces a shortage of Patriot interceptors.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Russian strikes near Ukrainian capital kill four, including childlist 2 of 3Serbia and Ukraine pledge closer economic ties, eye free trade deallist 3 of 3Russian forces kill several in Ukraine, launch ‘brutal’ attack in Odesaend of listIvan Fedorov, head of the military administration in the southeastern region of Zaporizhzhia, said Russia carried out a “massive” attack using missiles and aerial bombs in the region, killing six people and wounding 19. He posted pictures on social media showing buildings and vehicles ablaze, and said there had also been power outages.A ballistic missile attack on Kyiv also caused damage and wounded one person. Strikes hit a children’s hospital in the Shevchenkivskyi district and caused a fire at a warehouse, injuring one person, reported Ukraine’s state emergency service.Elsewhere in the southern city of Mykolaiv, a Russian drone attack injured a 75-year-old woman, according to the head of the regional military administration.Russia’s ⁠Ministry of Defence said its overnight attacks targeted defence industry facilities and transport and logistics centres in the Ukrainian ‌cities of Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia.Drone attack kills one in Russia’s VoronezhIn Russia, an overnight Ukrainian drone attack ⁠killed one ⁠person and injured two in the Voronezh region, while ⁠falling debris triggered fires at warehouse facilities, according to regional governor Alexandr Gusev.
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