Ukraine says Russian strikes killed one person, injured six, prompted Poland to scramble fighter jets -VIDEO

05 Oct 2025 09:23
06 Oct 2025 10:25

Handout photograph by the Ukrainian Emergency Service on October 16, 2025

A Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia killed at least one civilian and injured six others, including a teenager, while Poland reported scrambling fighter jets to protect its airspace.

Ukraine reported on Sunday that a Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia killed one person, while Poland announced it had scrambled fighter jets to safeguard its airspace, News.Az reports citing the Kiyv Post.

🔥In Lviv, the #SparrowIndustrialPark is burning after a #Russian attack, and the city is shrouded in smoke.

"This is a civilian facility, without any military component," emphasized Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi.

The alarm in Lviv has been on for nearly five hours. Sadovyi… pic.twitter.com/Y4WFFaJ7Tj
— News.Az (@news_az) October 5, 2025

Ivan Fedorov, the head of the southeastern Ukrainian region, said on Telegram that a Russian “combined strike” had killed a woman and wounded nine other people.

A 16-year-old girl was among those receiving “necessary assistance” from medical personnel after the attack, Fedorov said.

He posted photos, seemingly from the site of the attack, showing a partly destroyed multi-storey block and a burnt-out car.

A nationwide air alert was in place across Ukraine as of 4:09 am (0109 UTC).

Poland’s armed forces said on X that they had mobilized planes and put ground defenses on high alert to secure the country’s airspace, especially in areas close to Ukraine.

The mayor of Lviv, a western Ukrainian city near the border with Poland, said public transport routes were not operating due to a “massive enemy attack.”

Public transport in Ivano-Frankivsk, another western city, would “start running later than usual” on Sunday, its mayor said.

Russia has also stepped up its attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure as the weather chills.

Fedorov said on Sunday that Russia’s overnight attack left “more than 73,000 consumers... without electricity” in Zaporizhzhia, and the Lviv mayor said part of the city had no power.

This week, Moscow launched its largest-ever strike on Ukraine’s gas infrastructure, while strikes on Saturday cut off power to around 50,000 households in the northern Chernihiv region.