Overview
- Regional officials said a Russian glide bomb struck the lower units of a multi‑story residential building in Zaporizhzhia, killing one woman and injuring 31 people.
- Rescue teams are continuing searches through the partly destroyed building while medical crews treat the wounded and authorities catalogue damage to nearby private properties.
- Zaporizhzhia lies roughly 20 kilometers from active battle lines, a location that makes the city vulnerable to a range of long‑range weapons including missiles, strike drones and glide bombs.
- The attack follows other large long‑range strikes on Ukrainian cities and fits a pattern of repeated Russian strikes on populated areas that have caused civilian deaths and wide damage.
- Ukrainian officials and diplomats say the strikes increase urgency for NATO and Western partners to supply more advanced air‑defence systems and interceptors to protect frontline cities.