The attack came just a day after Zaporizhzhia was targeted by a Russian ballistic missile strike, including missiles supplied by North Korea, according to Ukrainian officials.

President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the Russians planned their attack on Zaporizhzhia to inflict maximum damage specifically on civilian infrastructure. — Ukrinform.

A Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia overnight sparked a major fire at an Epicentr shopping centre and disrupted electricity supplies to around 1,200 consumers.