Drone and missile attack on the civilian facility in Zaporizhzhia
Zaporizhzhia Oblast · Ukraine · 21 September 2026
2 missiles reported · housing, civilian facility · impact reported · fire
Sources for this report
- Censor.NET (EN): Russia attacked Zaporizhzhia overnight: high-rise blocks, shopping centre and educational institution were damaged; there are casualties. VIDEO+PHOTOS
- Ukrinform (EN): Number of people injured in Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia rises to five
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Large fires in Zaporizhzhia: Russians strike shopping centre and high-rise buildings, injuring six - photos, videos
- Ukrinform (EN): ADF neutralizes Banderol missile, 147 Russian drones used to attack Ukraine overnight
- Kyiv Post: Russia’s Overnight Attack Kills 2, Injures 11 Across Ukraine as Zaporizhzhia Bears Brunt
- Interfax-Ukraine (EN): Russian attack on Zaporizhia injures 6, damages residential buildings, civil infrastructure
- Interfax-Ukraine (EN): Zaporizhia National University damaged in Russian shelling
- Meduza (EN): Russian strikes knock out three of Ukraine’s largest steel plants
- TASS (EN): FACTBOX: Russian strikes hit logistics center, port infrastructure facilities
- The Kyiv Independent: Russian attacks kill at least 6, wound 38 across Ukraine, as overnight strike hit shopping mall in Zaporizhzhia
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Ukrainian forces destroy bridges near Polohy used by Russia for offensive towards Orikhiv - video
- Kyiv Post: Russian Strike Torches Historic Zaporizhzhia Heritage University
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Russian strikes halted 90% of Ukraine's steel production - FT
- Ukrinform (EN): Direct hit sets large part of Zaporizhzhia University building ablaze
- Kyiv Post: Ukrainian Combat Medics Show Sweden How Drones Save Lives
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Russian attack destroys part of Zaporizhzhia National University, a cultural heritage site
- Interfax-Ukraine (EN): Red Cross aid point operates at site of Russian drone attack
- Ukrinform (EN): More than 50 civilian facilities damaged in Zaporizhzhia as result of Russian attack
- Ukrinform (EN): Russian drone attack on minibus in Zaporizhzhia region kills one, injures three
Earlier reported strikes at Zaporizhzhia
- 20 September 2026
drone and missile attack reported · housing · impact reported · fire
- 19 September 2026
drone and missile attack reported · military depot, logistics site · impact reported · fire
- 18 September 2026
93 drones reported · impact reported · fire
- 17 September 2026
17 missiles reported · industrial site, housing · impact reported · fire
- 16 September 2026
drone attack reported · impact reported
Every figure on this page is a published claim, kept with its source. Figures count what each side says was launched at it; places are locations that reported impacts. Neither is a casualty count.