{"id":7312,"date":"2026-04-15T06:09:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T06:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/7312\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T06:09:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T06:09:22","slug":"russian-strike-sparks-huge-fire-in-zaporizhzhia-video-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/7312\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian strike sparks huge fire in Zaporizhzhia &#8211; VIDEO\/PHOTO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" alt=\"Russian strike sparks huge fire in Zaporizhzhia -  VIDEO\/PHOTO  \" title=\"Russian strike sparks huge fire in Zaporizhzhia -  VIDEO\/PHOTO  \" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5402439216622408164-1776232349.webp\" data-rjs=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Russia attacked Zaporizhzhia at night (Photo: https:\/\/t.me\/zoda_gov_ua)<\/p>\n<p> Russian forces carried out an overnight attack on Zaporizhzhia, triggering a large fire and causing civilian casualties, according to local officials. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"595\" data-end=\"789\">The strike hit residential areas early on April 15, setting off fires in multiple locations, including a parking area and nearby buildings. Emergency crews later brought the blaze under control, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a> reports, citing Telegram channel of<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/ivan_fedorov_zp\/38175\" rel=\"noopener sponsored nofollow\">\u00a0Ivan Fedorov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa\u26a1\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6Russian forces carried out an overnight attack on Zaporizhzhia, triggering a large fire and causing civilian casualties, according to local officials.<\/p>\n<p>The strike hit residential areas early on April 15, setting off fires in multiple locations, including a parking area and\u2026 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NeV5K7DAKo\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/NeV5K7DAKo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 News.Az (@news_az) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/news_az\/status\/2044294349962244390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"791\" data-end=\"952\">Regional authorities said a 74-year-old woman was killed in the attack, while damage was reported to homes, a business site, a public transport stop and a kiosk.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"954\" data-end=\"1134\">Ivan Fedorov said <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/news\/russia-linked-hackers-breach-ukrainian-emails\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ukrainian<\/a> air defense systems were active during the assault as strikes continued into the early morning hours.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1136\" data-end=\"1239\">Preliminary reports also indicated additional casualties, though full details are still being verified.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1241\" data-end=\"1466\">The attack on Zaporizhzhia is part of a broader wave of overnight strikes across Ukraine. Other regions, including Dnipro and Cherkasy, were also targeted with drones, causing fires and injuries.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1468\" data-end=\"1645\">Officials in Dnipro reported at least one person injured after an administrative building was hit, while authorities in Cherkasy said three people were hurt in separate attacks.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1647\" data-end=\"1770\">Explosions were also reported in areas around Kyiv and in Kharkiv, as Ukrainian air defenses responded to incoming threats.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1772\" data-end=\"1910\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The latest strikes highlight the continued intensity of attacks across multiple regions, with civilian infrastructure frequently affected.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russia attacked Zaporizhzhia at night (Photo: https:\/\/t.me\/zoda_gov_ua) Russian forces carried out an overnight attack on Zaporizhzhia, triggering a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2470,5,25,11,352],"class_list":{"0":"post-7312","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-russia","8":"tag-fire","9":"tag-russia","10":"tag-ukraine","11":"tag-war","12":"tag-zaporizhzhia"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/russia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}