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Ten people missing after Russian missile strike on Zaporizhzhya

Utility services have already removed over 64 tonnes of the debris.

Ten people missing after Russian missile strike on Zaporizhzhya
Photo: State Emergency Service directorate in Zaporizhzhya Region

Ten people are missing after Russia's missile strike on Zaporizhzhya in the early hours of 2 March, Ukrinform has reported.

According to the regional police department, two people have been reported dead. Information about four victims has not been confirmed.

As for the missing persons, they include six women, three men and one child.

Eight residents were injured, seven of them were hospitalized.

According to Yuriy Malashko, the head of the Zaporizhzhya regional military administration, there is a pregnant woman among the victims.

Photo: State Emergency Service directorate in Zaporizhzhya Region

The regional directorate of the State Emergency Service reported that as of 17:00 on 2 March, work was underway at the site to search for people under the rubble and dismantle dangerous elements of the building.

So far, utility services have removed more than 64 tonnes of construction debris. Psychologists of the State Emergency Service provided assistance to 71 people at the scene.

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