Ukraine war: Shocking moment of deadly missile strike on Zaporizhzhia hotel

A Russian missile struck a hotel in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Thursday evening, leaving one dead and 16 injured, Ukrainian officials said. National police said an Iskander missile hit the city at local time ( BST). “Zaporizhzhia. The city suffers daily from Russian shelling. A fire broke out in a civilian building after the occupiers hit it with a missile,“ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Zaporizhzhia Governor Yuriy Malashko said the 16 injured included four children. Pictures and video shared by officials showed a big crater, wrecked cars and a badly damaged four-storey building with a hotel sign. Local media reported the damaged building is Reikartz Hotel in the city centre on the bank of the Dnipro River. Read more: #missile #hotel #ukraine #zaporizhzhia Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: Get the latest headlines: and are websites of The Telegraph, the UK’s best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.