Firefighters put out a blaze at a shopping mall in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia after a Russian drone strike on Thursday (September 17).

Reuters footage showed flames engulfing the shopping mall as firefighters worked to extinguish the fire, including from a crane.

Anna, 32, and her husband were out for a walk when the attack occurred and said they had not heard the incoming drone.

Ukraine's State Emergency Service said one person was injured.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

1. VARIOUS OF SHOPPING CENTRE ON FIRE

2. FIREFIGHTER PASSING BY FIRE ENGINE

3. VARIOUS OF SHOPPING CENTRE ON FIRE

4. FIREFIGHTERS PASSING BY FIRE / FIREFIGHTER PUTTING OUT FIRE

5. FIREFIGHTER PUTTING OUT FIRE

6. FIRE

7. FIREFIGHTER PUTTING OUT FIRE

8. FIREFIGHTER FIREFIGHTER PULLING HOSE

9. (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) 32-YEAR-OLD LOCAL RESIDENT, ANNA (NO SURNAME GIVEN), SAYING:

"We went out for a walk and didn't hear the jet-powered Shahed drone. It's hard to hear it now. It's not like the Shahed drones used to be."

10. BOY LOOKING AT FIRE

11. (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) 32-YEAR-OLD LOCAL RESIDENT, ANNA (NO SURNAME GIVEN), SAYING:

"Our guys (soldiers) started shooting it down, but they didn’t have time to down it. And it flew right into our shopping centre."

12. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS EXTINGUISHING FIRE FROM CRANE

13. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS AT SITE

14. (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) 32-YEAR-OLD LOCAL RESIDENT, ANNA (NO SURNAME GIVEN), SAYING:

"They (Russians) are starting to threaten us, the ordinary people, in the hope that people will rise up. But that won't happen. We are strong, we are free, and we will stand firm."

15. SMOKE RISING FROM SHOPPING CENTRE