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Artillery shelling of Zaporizhzhia region: One man killed

Artillery shelling of Zaporizhzhia region: One man killed Illustrative photo (photo: GettyImages)

Russians shelled Zaporizhzhia region. During the shelling, a resident of the city was killed, according to the Telegram channels of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Prosecutor's Office and the head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration, Yuriy Malashko.

"As a result of the shelling, a 52-year-old man, who was moving along a street in the settlement at the time, was killed. Private homes of local residents were also damaged," stated the head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration.

Later, the Zaporizhzhia Regional Prosecutor's Office initiated a pre-trial investigation.

"According to the investigation, on November 1, 2023, the Russian armed forces, in violation of international humanitarian law, conducted artillery shelling of one of the villages in the Komyshuvaska territorial community. A local resident was killed while moving along a street in the settlement," as stated in the prosecutor's report.

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Photo: A man who was riding a moped on the street was killed during the artillery shelling (t.me/zap_gp_gov_ua)

Shelling of Zaporizhzhia region

Recently, Russian forces launched a ballistic missile attack on the Zaporizhzhia region, targeting a building of social infrastructure.

This comes just a week after a similar incident on October 24 when Russian occupiers shelled the city with ballistic missiles, hitting an industrial facility in Zaporizhzhia.