Rescuers have already pulled two people out alive. At least one more may still be under the rubble.
That's everything we know.
Why this mattersSo here's the thing. This is the second morning in a row Russia has hit this city.
One day ago, one person was killed and seven were hurt in the city itself, according to Ivan Fedorov, who co-chairs the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Defence Council. Across the wider region that day, two were killed and 18 injured.
Today's toll is already several times higher. And this time, three of the dead are children.
Why does this keep happening here? Zaporizhzhia sits right up against the front line in southeastern Ukraine. Russia has held parts of the wider region since it invaded in February 2022. But the city itself, the regional capital, has stayed in Ukrainian hands the whole war.
So it keeps getting hit. The bombs are called KABs, or guided bombs. They're old Soviet bombs with wings and satellite guidance bolted on. Cheap to make, hard to shoot down. That's exactly why Russia leans on them against cities like this one.
And here's why the number keeps moving. Early reports said four dead. Then five. Now seven. That's completely normal in the first hours after a building comes down, while rescue crews are still digging.
Ukraine's officials have not said if the person still listed as missing is on top of those seven, or one of them.
Russia has said nothing. Not about this strike, not about the one one day ago. No claim, no comment, no response to the casualty figures at all.
So what's left unknown? How many people are still under the rubble. Whether seven is the final number. And whether Russia will ever explain why it keeps hitting apartment buildings in a city it does not control.
