Recent Russian attacks have claimed 13 lives in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia. According to local authorities, "The enemy attacked a residential area with two guided bombs. We know of 13 deaths so far." This fact was also confirmed by the regional governor Ivan Fedorov in a video published in the local media. It was one of the bloodiest individual attacks this week. According to Fedorov, the attack happened on Thursday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attack "brutal" and said at least 30 civilians were injured. He has published a video in which, among other things, injured people can be seen on whom the rubble has fallen. Near the city of Zaporizhzhia is the nuclear power plant, which has been occupied by the Russian military since March 2022. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had already expressed safety concerns at the nuclear power plant on several occasions.
The Zaporizhzhia region in southern Ukraine is one of the most contested areas in Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. Towards the end of last year there were speculations about a new Russian offensive in the city of Zaporizhzhia. Meanwhile, Governor Fedorov announced that two people had been killed in another Russian attack in a town about 30 kilometers south of Zaporizhzhia. Meanwhile, a huge fire broke out as a result of a Ukrainian drone attack on an "industrial enterprise" in Russia's Saratov region, regional governor Roman Busagrin said. Two firefighters lost their lives while fighting the fire.
So, for the last time before the inauguration of the next US President Trump, the Ukrainian contact group will meet at the US base in Ramstein. According to media reports, the announcement of a new final package of US military aid is expected before the change of power in Washington on January 20. According to Zelensky, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umjero is already in Germany and holding talks. (A2 Televizion)