The missile attack on the city of Zaporizhzhia in the southern region of the same name left some people buried under rubble, the regional governor says.
KYIV, Ukraine – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Kyiv’s forces were swiftly recapturing more territory especially in the south while Moscow’s military leadership faced rare public backlash from within Russia over its handling of the war.
Thousands of Russian troops have retreated after the front line crumbled, first in the northeast, and, since the beginning of this week, also in the south. “Do you think time is on our side? They have hugely increased their amount of weapons… But what have you done in that time?”Ukrainian military analyst Oleh Zhdanov said there were several factors for Kyiv’s recent rapid gains including Western military aid and tactical mistakes by the Russian army.
The total included 447 bodies found in Izium. He also said that investigators had found evidence of 22 sites being used as “torture rooms”. There was no immediate comment from Russia.in the city of Zaporizhzhia in the southern region of the same name, which Moscow says it has annexed.Eduard, a 49-year-old man who survived the attack, said he was woken at around 5 a.m. by a strong explosion. “The room filled with smoke and dust. I jumped up to go see what had happened,” he said.