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UkrainePublished: 2 November 2026 at 01:10

Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia sets warehouse on fire

Russian forces attacked Zaporizhzhia, a city in southeastern Ukraine, on the evening of 1 November, hitting a warehouse building. The fire was put out and no one was injured.

Foto: Ukrainska Pravda

Russian forces attacked Zaporizhzhia, the regional centre in southeastern Ukraine located near the front line, on the evening of 1 November. The strike started a fire in a warehouse. The information came from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES), which is responsible for rescue operations and firefighting.

According to the service, Russian troops carried out an air strike on a warehouse building in the regional centre. Rescuers extinguished the blaze over an area of 600 square metres.

The service reported that nobody was hurt in the attack.

Earlier attack

Another attack on the city the same evening has also been reported. A Russian FPV drone, a small strike drone steered by an operator using a first-person video feed, injured two people in Zaporizhzhia on the evening of 1 November.

The source does not say who owned the warehouse that burned or what was stored in it.

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