Russian forces, which control part of the region where a major nuclear power plant is located, did not provide further details on the circumstances of the attack.
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A couple was killed in a drone strike attributed to kyiv, in the Ukrainian region of Zaporizhia, Russian occupation authorities said on Thursday April 25. “Enemy drones attacked the village” from Novokarlivka and “a civilian car was hit, killing a man and a woman”, the local head of the Russian occupation in this region, Yevgeny Balitsky, reported on Telegram. They left “four children (…) orphans”. These “benefit from social and psychological assistance”he said, without giving further details on the circumstances of the attack.
A Russian journalist had already been killed on April 20 in a Ukrainian drone strike, also in the Zaporizhia region. It is one of four Ukrainian territories that Russia has claimed to annex in 2022, along with Kherson, Donetsk and Luhansk, even though its army does not fully control them. In the summer of 2023, Ukrainian forces attempted, but failed, to break through Russian defense lines in the Zaporizhzhia region, where there is a major nuclear power plant, regularly targeted by air strikes.
