The number of people injured in the Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia rose to 50, and eight of them are children, Mykhailo Semikin said. The updated count came after strikes hit an industrial facility and a five-storey residential building in the Kosmichnyi district.
That newer figure gives the clearest measure yet of a strike that had already left civilians dead and wounded. Earlier reports had put the toll at one dead and 30 injured, including six children, before police later said two people were killed in the attack, among them a 17-year-old boy.
The changing numbers matter because they show the scale of the damage was still being revised as rescuers and police pieced together what happened. On the morning of 13 November, Russian forces struck a residential area of Zaporizhzhia, killing a teenager and injuring four other people, and officials have since been updating the toll as more information comes in.
Police have said Zaporizhzhia has been under repeated Russian strikes using guided aerial bombs, drones and multiple rocket launchers, which helps explain why casualty figures can move as teams reach damaged sites and confirm who was inside. In this case, the unanswered question is not whether the attack was severe; it is how many of the 50 injured need hospital care, and how badly the building and industrial site were hit.
For Semikin, the number is now fixed at 50 injured, including eight children. What is still moving is the full human cost.
