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Drone Strike Injures Five in Zaporizhzhia, Damaging Residential Block on New Year’s Eve

Officials describe heavy regional bombardment following a separate industrial-site strike with no casualties.

Overview

  • Ukraine’s State Emergency Service reported a UAV attack on the city that injured five people, including a 15-year-old boy, with one person transported to a hospital.
  • The blast wave damaged a multi-story residential building and several cars, and emergency psychologists assisted seven residents, including three children.
  • Regional governor Ivan Fedorov said an earlier explosion was a Russian strike on an industrial infrastructure facility with no casualties.
  • Fedorov also reported another hit that damaged an apartment block and ignited vehicles, with emergency services working at the scene and providing medical aid.
  • Ukrinform reported 697 Russian strikes across 28 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region over the past day, leaving one person dead and three injured.