Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia warehouse destroys 100 tonnes of humanitarian aid

Published on 14/06/2025 - 13:28 GMT+2

At slightest 3 group person been injured and 100 tonnes of humanitarian assistance were destroyed aft a Russian drone onslaught connected a storage successful Ukraine's southeastern metropolis of Zaporizhzhia successful nan early hours of Saturday.

The injured were 2 constabulary officers and a civilian, according to section officials. The harm from nan onslaught is estimated astatine astir $3 million. The assistance was group to beryllium provided to group who were internally displaced, arsenic good arsenic to residents successful frontline areas of nan war.

Shops, a multi-storey building and a nationalist carrier extremity were besides reportedly damaged successful nan attack.

Oleksandr Beluga, laminitis of nan NGO Beluga UA, told section media ""Now everything has been destroyed, 2 days agone we received thief from 5 trucks. There is astir $3 cardinal worthy of harm here."

Air strikes proceed unabated

Aside from Zaporizhzhia, nan regions of Kharkiv, Donetsk and Dnipro were besides targeted successful an onslaught which consisted of a full of 58 Shahedattack UAVs, arsenic good arsenic various types of imitation drones, reported nan Ukrainian aerial force.

43 were neutralised, they said, pinch 23 being changeable down and 20 having their signals jammed.

Meanwhile, nan Ukrainian subject besides reported that it had carried retired overnight drone strikes targeting 2 Russian chemic plants that were tied to nan accumulation of explosives.

"As portion of efforts to trim (Russia's) expertise to nutrient explosives and ammunition, nan Ukrainian Armed Forces' drone systems, successful coordination pinch different Defense Forces units, struck captious accommodation of Russia's military-industrial analyzable overnight," said Ukraine's General Staff.

The chemic plants were reportedly located successful Stavropol Krai and Samara Oblast. Both were identified arsenic awesome suppliers of earthy materials and components for nan accumulation of Russia's weapons and fuel.

The Stavropol politician confirmed nan strike, saying that drone debris had landed successful nan city's business zone.

Bodies of 1,200 soldiers returned to Ukraine

On Friday, nan bodies of 1,200 soldiers were returned to Ukraine arsenic portion of an statement reached betwixt Russia and Ukraine during their 2 June bid talks successful Istanbul.

Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for nan Treatment of Prisoners of War released a connection saying that Russia returned 1,200 bodies, and “according to nan Russian side, nan bodies beryllium to Ukrainian citizens, successful peculiar subject personnel.”

It was nan only tangible accomplishment of nan Istanbul talks, pinch 1,212 bodies besides being returned by Russia earlier this week, pinch 27 dormant soldiers going nan different way.

The 2 sides conducted a prisoners of warfare switch connected Thursday, which included severely wounded and gravely sick captives. Their numbers were not disclosed, however.