Ukraine: at least 17 killed in attack on housing in Zaporizhzhia

Attack follows explosion on bridge linking Russian-occupied Crimea to Russian mainland

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At least 17 people have been killed by Russian shelling of a residential area in Ukraine’s south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia, a region the Kremlin illegally claims to have annexed despite not controlling all of it.

The overnight attack happened in the aftermath of a devastating explosion on a key bridge linking Russian-occupied Crimea to the Russian mainland, a prestige project of the president, Vladimir Putin. The blast seriously damaged the 12-mile-long (19km) structure, which serves as an important military supply route.

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