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Death toll from missiles on Ukraine town rises to 17

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="A handout photo released by the press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine shows Ukrainian rescuers working at the site of a damaged residential building after shelling in the city of Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine, 06 October 2022, amid Russia" s="" military="" invasion.="" EPA-EFE="" State="" Emergency="" Service="" of="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/overseas/10/09/ukraine.jpg"/><figcaption>A handout photo released by the press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine shows Ukrainian rescuers working at the site of a damaged residential building after shelling in the city of Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine, 06 October 2022, amid Russia&#x27;s military invasion.<em> EPA-EFE/State Emergency Service of Ukraine</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine - At least 17 people including a child died when seven Russian missiles struck the industrial town of Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine, the Ukrainian authorities said Saturday.</p><p>The missiles struck before dawn on Thursday, with three landing in the town center, just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the artillery battles of the southern front.</p><p>&quot;In total, 17 people were killed,&quot; Ukraine&#x27;s State Emergency Service said on Telegram, adding that one of them was a child.</p><p>The toll has repeatedly risen since an initial tally of one dead. Earlier on Saturday, it had stood at 14.</p><p>A five-storey residential building on the main street was almost razed to the ground.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/10/08/22/zelensky-ukraine-has-retaken-some-25k-sq-km-of-territory">Zelensky says Ukraine has retaken nearly 2,500 sq km in new counteroffensive</a></li></ul><p>President Volodymyr Zelensky lashed out on Telegram saying Zaporizhzhia &quot;is subjected to massive rocket attacks every day... (it&#x27;s a) deliberate crime&quot;.</p><p>The Ukrainian-controlled city is located in the eponymous Zaporizhzhia region, also home to the Russian-occupied nuclear plant that has been the site of heavy shelling.</p><p>Moscow claims to have annexed the region even though its forces do not control all of it.</p><p>Ukraine said at least 30 people were killed last week when a convoy of civilian cars in the Zaporizhzhia region was shelled in an attack Kyiv blamed on Moscow.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/09/23/22/war-crimes-committed-in-ukraine-un-investigators">&#x27;War crimes&#x27; committed in Ukraine: UN investigators</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/08/24/22/stories-of-war-six-months-into-russias-invasion-of-ukraine">Stories of war six months after Russia invaded Ukraine</a></li></ul><div><strong>bur/ah/dhc</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/reB-fap7HcA?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

At least 17 people including a child died when seven Russian missiles struck the industrial town of Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine, the Ukrainian authorities said Saturday.