Moscow unleashed a flurry of missile and drone strikes on Ukraine, killing students and civilians on Wednesday.
Ednews reports citing Euronews that “Russia is shelling the city with bestial savagery,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram, posting a video that purported to show a missile hitting an apartment in Zaporizhzhia, a southeastern Ukrainian city.
“Residential areas where ordinary people and children live are being fired at,” he added.
Russia denies targeting civilians - a war crime under international law - despite artillery and rocket strikes hitting resident areas on an almost daily basis.
Officials in Moscow blame Ukrainian air defences for some of the deadliest strikes, claiming air defence systems are deployed in civilian zones.
One person is known to have died in the attack in Zaporizhzhia, though there could be more casualties.
The city is some 100 km from Europe's largest nuclear power plant, which has repeatedly come under fire during 13 months of vicious fighting.
On Wednesday, the United Nation's International Atomic Energy Agency said the plant had lost another backup external power source, creating extra risk as its six reactors rely on only a primary power source.
