Death toll rises to 10 in missile strike on Zaporizhzhia clinic, rescuers search for survivors

The death toll from a Tuesday missile strike on a private medical clinic in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia has climbed to ten, with 22 others wounded, officials have said.

Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a rocket strike on a private clinic in Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine, 11 December 2024, amid the Russian invasion. Ukrainian rescuers recovered another body from the rubble on 11 December, bringing the death toll to eight. At least eight people were killed and 22 others injured, including a child, after a

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Ivan Fedorov, head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, said on Telegram that rescue workers pulled the body of a woman from the debris of the clinic building. The initial reports had spoken of three fatalities and five injured, but search efforts extended into Wednesday as authorities feared more victims might still lie beneath the rubble.

As @elonmusk, @DonaldJTrumpJr et al. keep trading jokes&bullshit on Ukraine's account, Russia keeps attacking civilians.

This video is from today's Zaporizhzhia. A private clinic was hit by a missile, at least 2 killed and 17 injured.

That, of course, isn't worth mentioning. pic.twitter.com/JPp7quHSHN

— Danylo Mokryk (@DMokryk) December 10, 2024

Local officials said the Russian forces attacked Zaporizhzhia on Tuesday afternoon with a ballistic missile, striking the clinic, destroying its structure, and damaging nearby buildings.

Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets wrote on Telegram that at least 165 civilians were killed and 887 injured across Ukraine in November alone. Eight of the victims were children. According to Lubinets, since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, 12,340 Ukrainian civilians have been killed and 27,836 wounded, a grim tally underscoring the ongoing toll of the conflict.

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Source: Polskie Radio 24