[1/4] A view shows the site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine August 9, 2023.
National Police/Handout via REUTERSZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Two people were killed and seven injured in an apparent missile attack by Russia on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Wednesday, Ukrainian officials said.
Zaporizhzhia city council secretary Anatoliy Kurtev earlier said that Russia had hit a residential area of the city.
Ukraine suspects that an Iskander missile was used in the attack, Yermak said.
Reporting by Vladyslav Smilianets in Zaporizhzhia, editing by Bernadette Baum, Andy Sullivan and Grant McCoolOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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