A Russian multiple rocket launcher (MLRS) strike in Zaporizhzhia damaged the flat of Kateryna Rozhdestvenska, chief editor of the news outlet SODA, Rozhdestvenska reported to Natalia Vyhovska, the Institute of Mass Information’s representative in Zaporizhzhia oblast.
The attack occurred in the city’s Kosmichnyi district at around 11am on 13 November.
The shock wave burst the windows and caused a plasterboard wall inside the flat to collapse. The journalist was on a work trip in Kyiv at the moment of the strike.
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The journalist says that three shells hit two neighbouring residential buildings.
“There was a strike in my block at around 11am today. An MLRS hit my neighbourhood, and three shells landed right on two neighbouring buildings. The shock wave broke the windows in my flat. The kitchen window was blasted out along with the frame, and the glass in the living room and bedroom was shattered. The plasterboard wall that separated the hallway also collapsed,” the media professional said.
According to Kateryna, she does not know the full extent of the damage yet, because she is at an IWPR forum in Kyiv.
“I can’t oversee what’s happening there now, because I’m in Kyiv at the IWPR forum. But my parents and colleagues are on site. I’m in touch with them, and I can’t even express how grateful I am for their support and help,” Kateryna Rozhdestvenska said.
Her cat, Khivria, was also found in the flat, unharmed.
As reported by Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration, 25 people, including six children, were injured in the Russian strike on residential buildings on 13 November.
