ISTANBUL
Russian forces carried out three strikes on the city of Zaporizhzhia and its surroundings, injuring at least 21 people, regional Ukrainian authorities said on Wednesday.
Ivan Fedorov, head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, said on Telegram that two residential buildings in the regional center were hit and that there may be people trapped under the rubble.
Ukraine’s General Staff, meanwhile, said its Defense Forces struck several Russian facilities, including the Slavyansky oil refinery in Slavyansk-on-Kuban in Russia’s Krasnodar region, where explosions and a fire were reported.
It also claimed confirmed hits on an oil depot in Russia’s Rostov region and on Russian military units in the Luhansk region.
Russia’s Defense Ministry, on the other hand, said its air defense systems shot down 180 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over the past 24 hours.
Moscow did not respond to claims of the Zaporizhzhia strike or Ukraine’s alleged attack on Russia's oil depots. Independent verification is difficult due to the ongoing war, now approaching the four-year mark.