Russia Holds Massive Attack On Cities In Ukraine, Triggers Fire

The impact of the Russian attack on Ukraine/PHOTO via X@ ZelenskyyUa

JAKARTA - Russian troops launched a massive attack on Tuesday morning in the city of Zaporizhia in southeastern Ukraine. The attack killed a 41-year-old man, injured 18 people, and sparked a number of fires.

Local Governor Ivan Fedorov said two children were among the injured. Firefighters struggle to extinguish fires in private homes and other buildings.

In Zaporizhia, Ukrainian emergency services reported fires covering an area of 350 square meters in three residential buildings and at service stations.

According to preliminary reports, Fedorov said Russian troops had launched 10 attacks from various rocket launch systems, damaging 10 apartment buildings and 12 private homes.

"I heard several explosions in the distance, very far away, so we fell asleep. Then, there was a super powerful explosion that broke our window," Oleksii, 35, a resident of Zaporizhia, told Reuters, Tuesday, September 16.

Other Ukrainian cities in the central, southern and eastern parts of the country were also attacked when Russian troops launched more than 100 drones and about 150 bombs last night, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

One person died in the southern Mykolaiv region. It was also reported that two people were injured in the city of Kharkiv.

In the central Kyiv region, a large retail logistics center was hit by Russian attacks, with thick black smoke rising into the sky and firefighters struggling to extinguish the fire.

"This is the type of air terror that Ukraine is fighting against with a common defense ...," Zelenskyy said in a post on platform X.

"Now is the time to apply mutual protection in our European skies with a layered air defense system," he continued.

This month, Russia has launched more than 3,500 drones of various types, nearly 190 missiles, and more than 2,500 aerial bombs.