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In the Zaporizhzhia region, a Russian drone attacked rescue workers while they were fighting a fire

UA NEWS 17 July 2026 20:54
In the Zaporizhzhia region, a Russian drone attacked rescue workers while they were fighting a fire

In the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian troops attacked State Emergency Service (SES) rescue workers with a drone while they were extinguishing a fire in an ecosystem that had broken out as a result of previous shelling.

According to the State Emergency Service, the occupiers launched a second strike precisely while the firefighters were working.

As a result of the attack, one of the rescuers sustained shrapnel wounds. He was hospitalized and is currently receiving the necessary medical care.

Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine.

Ukrainian defense forces pushed back Russian troops near the villages of Maliivka, Sichneve, Novohorhiivka, and Zaporizke in the Synelnykivskyi District of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. 

Over the past 24 hours, 244 combat engagements took place on the front lines. Ukrainian forces continue to repel the advance of Russian occupation forces, inflicting losses on the enemy in terms of personnel and equipment.

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