Zaporizhzhia, 7 November 2024: guided bombs on a cancer centre and a block of flats

On a Thursday afternoon Russian aircraft released a series of guided aerial bombs on Zaporizhzhia. One hit the city's oncology centre at about 14:30 while patients were undergoing chemotherapy; another destroyed half of a residential building. Ten people were killed, among them a child, and 41 were injured, among them four children. The UN human rights mission visited both sites twelve days later. The city declared a day of mourning.

Glide bombs on an oncology centre and an apartment building; 10 killed including a child; 41 injured including 4 children — Tier A: OHCHR visit and briefing notes, 19 Nov 2024 Glide bombs on Zaporizhzhia city — 2024 to date — pattern Attack on a medical facility and on civilians; no qualification by a Ukrainian prosecutor located — hub inference, position

Russia said. Russian Ministry of Defence · no statement · 7–8 Nov 2024: “(No Russian statement on the 7 November 2024 strikes on Zaporizhzhia has been located.)” — A strike Russia does not claim is still a strike Russia made. Guided aerial bombs on Zaporizhzhia city in the afternoon: one on the oncology centre during chemotherapy (UN), one on a residential building; 10 killed including a child; 41 injured including four children.

Evidence held: OHCHR briefing notes, Geneva, 19 Nov 2024; State Emergency Service (DSNS), Telegram, 8 Nov 2024; Zaporizhzhia regional administration (I. Fedorov), 7–8 Nov 2024.