Putin unleashes fresh missile barrage hitting school and killing one at car dealership as sirens ring out across Ukraine | The Sun
HEARTLESS Vladimir Putin has unleashed a fresh missile strike that hit a school and killed one person at a car dealership in Ukraine as raid sirens rang across the country.
A residential building and a medical facility were also struck as nine explosions were heard overnight in Zaporizhzhia.
Explosions were also heard in the port city of Odessa and Vinnytsia along Ukraine's Black Sea coast – although it's not yet clear if there were any casualties.
And a Russian missile was shot down by fighter jet over Kyiv.
It comes as raid sirens were activated across every region in Ukraine.
The country's emergency services urged residents to stay indoors as fears mount Putin could unleash a new wave of deadly attacks on civilian hotspots.
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The fresh missile assault comes as:
- The death toll from Russia's devastating October 10 blitz rose to 19.
- Russia is believed to be running out of weapons and faces a "staggering" number of casualties, according to the head of the UK's GCHQ spy agency.
- Panicked Moscow officials are reportedly planning to evacuate the families of occupying forces in Crimea after Ukraine's daring bridge raid.
- There are fears Putin will launch a fresh ground assault to capture Kyiv after a joint task force was announced with the puppet regime in Belarus.
"Warning. During the day there's a high probability of missile strikes on the territory of Ukraine. Please remain in shelters for your own safety, do not ignore air raid signals," emergency crews warned over Telegram.
They also said 19 people had been killed and 105 wounded in Monday's missile strikes.
Harrowing footage of the disaster site in Zaporizhzhia city shows fire crews racing to evacuate people from a nearby residential building.
Meanwhile, firefighters were seen battling a massive inferno at a Skoda dealership that killed one person.
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Footage shows metal sheets and the mangled body of what appears to be a civilian strewn across the ground.
Another shows an apartment block with blown out windows .
Anatoly Kurtev, a senior member of Zaporizhzhia city council, blamed Russia for the "terrorist" attack.
He wrote on Telegram: "As a result of the morning rocket attack, an educational institution, a medical institution and residential buildings were also damaged. Unfortunately, there are victims."
"Russia is a terrorist country."
It comes as the city was struck on Monday in what appeared to be a revenge attack following the huge blast that destroyed Kerch Bridge on Saturday.
At least 20 homes were destroyed and around 50 multi-storey buildings were hit in the strike, according to local authorities.
The Ukrainian military also confirmed the attack, saying that there were dozens of casualties.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky branded the hit "absolute evil".
He said on Telegram: "Zaporizhzhia again. Merciless strikes on peaceful people again.
"On residential buildings, just in the middle of the night."
He added that 49 people including six children were in the hospital.
He continued: "Absolute meanness. Absolute evil. Savages and terrorists.
"From the one who gave this order to everyone who fulfilled this order. They will bear responsibility. For sure. Before the law and before people."
Terrified residents watched behind police tape as emergency crews tried to reach the upper floors of a building that collapsed from the attack leaving a smouldering chasm at least 40 feet wide where apartments had stood.
A 76-year-old resident Mucola Markovich, said he and his wife hid under a blanket when they heard incoming rockets and booms from blasts.
He said: "There was one explosion, then another one. Then, in a flash, their fourth-floor apartment was gone.
"When it will be rebuilt, I don't know, he said. I am left without an apartment at the end of my life."
Dramatic footage shows rescue workers carrying a woman out of the rubble of a collapsed building.
Russian missiles also rained on Kyiv, killing at least eight and wounding 24.
One rocket landed near President Zelensky's office while the BBC reported the missiles have hit more central areas than Russian strikes earlier in the war.
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Shocking live footage shows a missile screaming across the sky before smashing into a building.
Russia launched 84 cruise missiles and 24 drones across Ukraine yesterday with at least half shot down by Ukrainian air defence systems.
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