In the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian troops let loose heavy artillery fire at a refugee column for about 16 hours. The shelling took place in the area of Stepnogorsk, - the Head of the Zaporizhzhia Military and Civil Administration, Oleksandr Starukh.
The column of vehicles was moving towards Zaporizhzhia. Five people were injured, including a child. Their condition is critical.
"The wounded child is undergoing a complex operation with the remote involvement of specialists from the “Okhmatdyt” clinic. As a result of the shelling, a fire broke out in the field along the route," he said.
According to Starukh, there are no casualties, but the General Staff of the Armed Forces received information that there are victims.
Today at about 3:30 pm, a column of civilians evacuated from the city of Mariupol to the city of Zaporizhzhia was fired upon by the Russian occupier-beasts from the MLRS "Grad". “According to preliminary information, there are casualties." - the General Staff.
This is not the first case of shelling of civilians who want to evacuate by the Russian military. In the Kyiv region, enemies killed pensioners who were trying to evacuate from Makariv. They also killed people who were trying to leave Irpin and other cities.