Balitsky reports one dead and two injured in Zaporizhzhia region

One person was killed and two men were injured in attacks on vehicles in the Zaporizhzhia region over the previous day, Russia-appointed regional head Yevgeny Balitsky said on 9 October.

He said a drone attacked a civilian car near Orlovka in the Primorsk municipal district, killing its driver. Balitsky published the account on his MAX channel, and Interfax also reported it.

Another man was injured in a drone strike on a civilian truck near Vladimirovka, according to the regional head. Near Kirpichnoye, shelling damaged a vehicle and injured its driver.

Balitsky attributed the attacks to Ukrainian forces. He also reported a strike on the central district hospital in Rozovka, saying nobody was injured there. The accounts of the consequences of these incidents come from the regional head's statement.