Latest strike on Russia-controlled city injures four children; hotel hit is popular with UN workers
The hotel struck by Russia is used by United Nations staff when they work in the town, Denise Brown, the humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine, said in a statement seen by Reuters.
“I am appalled by the news that a hotel frequently used by United Nations personnel and our colleagues from NGOs supporting people affected by the war has been hit by a Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia shortly ago,” she said. “I have stayed in this hotel every single time I visited Zaporizhzhia.”
A Russian missile struck a hotel in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Thursday evening, Reuters reports. The attack killed one person and injured 16, including four children, Ukrainian officials said.
National police said an Iskander missile hit the city at 7:20 p.m. (1620 GMT).
“Zaporizhzhia. The city suffers daily from Russian shelling. A fire broke out in a civilian building after the occupiers hit it with a missile,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.
Pictures and video shared by officials showed a big crater, wrecked cars and a badly damaged four-storey building with a hotel sign.
Local media reported that the damaged building is Reikartz Hotel in the city centre on the bank of the Dnipro River.
It was the second strike on Zaporizhzhia in as many days. Two young women and a man were killed and nine other people were wounded in a Russian missile attack on Wednesday.
