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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Missiles, Drones Hit Zaporizhzhia again as Death Toll Rises

A Russian rocket sticks out of the ground in a forest near Oleksandrivka village, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

The death toll from a Russian missile attack on apartment blocks in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia rose to 11 on Friday as the city was hit again by missiles and — for the first time — by explosive packed drones.

With its army suffering a series of stinging battlefield defeats in recent weeks, Russia has been deploying Iranian-made drones to attack Ukrainian targets. The unmanned, disposable “kamikaze drones” are cheaper and less sophisticated than missiles but have proved effective at causing damage to targets on the ground, said The Associated Press.

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