MOSCOW, Jan 4 More than ten people were injured as a result of shelling of a residential area of the city of Vasylivka in the Zaporizhia region, the Acting Governor of the region Yevhen Balitsky said on his Telegram channel. ten people,» he wrote.
According to Balitsky, civilian infrastructure was destroyed. The victims will receive maximum assistance and support.
Earlier today, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the regional administration, reported that two people were killed as a result of Ukrainian shelling of a residential multi-storey building in Vasylivka.
The situation on the front line in the Zaporozhye region remains alarming: for several weeks they have been waiting for the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As the administration of the region reported at the end of October, Energodar from the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, as well as Melitopol and Berdyansk, could become the main directions of a possible attack.
Russia has been conducting a military special operation in Ukraine since February 24. Vladimir Putin called its task «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the president, the ultimate goal of the operation is the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions guaranteeing Russia's security.
The liberated territories of the Zaporozhye region became a Russian region following a referendum in which 93.11 percent of the participants voted for joining Russia. On September 30, the Kremlin hosted a ceremony of signing agreements on the admission of Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics to Russia.