Metro Plus News Ukraine: Russian strikes kill 17 following bridge attack

Ukraine: Russian strikes kill 17 following bridge attack

A Russian barrage pounded apartment buildings and other targets in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens.
The blasts in the city, which sits in a region Moscow has claimed as its own, blew out windows in adjacent buildings and left at least one high-rise apartment building partially collapsed.
The multiple strikes came after an explosion Saturday caused the partial collapse of a bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia, damaging an important supply artery for the Kremlin’s faltering war effort in southern Ukraine and hitting a towering symbol of Russian power in the region.
According to a government official rockets struck Zaporizhzhia overnight, and that at least 20 private homes and 50 apartment buildings were damaged.
At least 40 people were hospitalized and dozens more being treated for moderate to light injuries.
The Ukrainian military also confirmed the attack, saying there were dozens of casualties.