Zaporizhzhia strikes (2022–present)

Zaporizhzhia strikes
Part of the Southern Ukraine campaign of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Date24 February 2022 (2022-02-24) – present
(3 years, 3 months, 3 weeks and 4 days)
Location
Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine
Status Ongoing
Belligerents
Russia Ukraine
Units involved
 Russian Armed Forces  Armed Forces of Ukraine
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown
At least 248 civilians wounded and 76 killed.

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia and the surrounding region became the target of repeated Russian shelling and bombing (including cruise missiles, S-300 missiles and Shahed-136 kamikaze drones) as part of the southern Ukraine offensive from 27 February 2022 onwards. Thirty to forty percent of the infrastructure in the city has been destroyed.

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