Zaporizhzhia civilian convoy attack | |
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Part of Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |
Location | Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine |
Date | 30 September 2022 |
Attack type | Missile strike |
Deaths | 32[1] |
Injured | ~88[2] |
Perpetrators | Russian Armed Forces |
On 30 September 2022, the Russian Armed Forces reportedly launched sixteen S-300 missiles at a civilian convoy in the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 32 people were killed (both adults and children) and 86 more were injured.[1][3][4][5][6]
Four of the missiles hit an area next to an automotive market on the southeast of Zaporizhzia, where a humanitarian convoy of around 60 cars was forming before going to the Russian checkpoint at Vasylivka in order to pick up their relatives.[7][8]
The attack occurred hours before Russia formally annexed four regions of Ukraine, including Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[5]