Death toll in strike on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia rises to 11 - officials

Officials from the regional administration said in another post that a Russian S-300 missile had hit an apartment block.

 Zoya Mykolaivna, 84, removes debris in front of her apartment at a residential building damaged by a Russian military strike, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kherson, Ukraine January 25, 2023. (photo credit: NACHO DOCE/REUTERS)
Zoya Mykolaivna, 84, removes debris in front of her apartment at a residential building damaged by a Russian military strike, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kherson, Ukraine January 25, 2023.
(photo credit: NACHO DOCE/REUTERS)

The death toll from a Russian missile strike that hit an apartment block in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia rose to 11 on Saturday after a woman's body was found in the debris, the state emergency service said.

One child was among those killed in Thursday's early-morning strike on the five-story residential building, the service said in a post on the Telegram messaging app.

Officials from the regional administration said in another post that a Russian S-300 missile had hit the building.

Response

In a post on Telegram shortly after the strike, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promised to hold Russia accountable.

"The terrorist state wants to turn every day for our people into a day of terror. But evil will not reign in our land."

 ONE OF Ziv Koren’s images chronicling the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (credit: ZIV KOREN)
ONE OF Ziv Koren’s images chronicling the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (credit: ZIV KOREN)

"We will drive all the occupiers out and they will definitely be held accountable for everything."