STORY: A Russian attack on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia late on Thursday (November 20) killed five people and injured three, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said.

The governor had earlier issued a warning of an impending attack by Russian guided bombs. Emergency services were deployed to fight fires and evacuate wounded civilians.

Nearly four years since Putin sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine, Russian forces are grinding forwards and control about 19% of Ukraine - Moscow says four of its regions are now legally part of Russia, though Ukraine and Western European powers say they will never formally accept that.

Putin set out his core conditions in June 2024, demanding Kyiv renounce its plans to join the U.S.-led NATO military alliance and withdraw troops from the entirety of the four provinces Moscow claims as part of Russia: Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine - which make up the Donbas - plus Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in the south.

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VIDEO SHOWS: AFTERMATH OF RUSSIAN ATTACK / EMERGENCY WORKERS ON SCENE / WOUNDED CIVILIANS / BODIES ON GROUND / CARS AND BUILDINGS ON FIRE / DEBRIS AND DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS

EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES

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SHOWS: ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE (NOVEMBER 20, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all) (NIGHT SHOTS)

1. VARIOUS OF CAR ON FIRE

2. BODY ON GROUND NEXT TO BURNING CAR

3. VARIOUS OF EMERGENCY WORKERS EVACUATING WOUNDED

4. VARIOUS OF DEAD BODY ON ROAD

5. EMERGENCY WORKERS MOVING AMONG DEBRIS

6. DEAD BODY

7. DAMAGE TO SHOP FRONT

8. EMERGENCY WORKERS WRAPPING BODY IN THERMAL BLANKET

9. BODY

10. EMERGENCY WORKERS MOVING THROUGH RUBBLE

11. BUILDING ON FIRE

12. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) 29-YEAR-OLD LOCAL RESIDENT, ELIZAVETA (NO SURNAME GIVEN), SAYING:

"Many people and rescue teams arrived to clear away the debris. (Journalist: Did you see any dead people?) Yes, there was a body here. As reported, four people were killed. There's a 24-hour shop at the bus stop. A woman worked there, but I don't know... I want to confirm whether she might have been killed too. The hit was directly there. (Journalist: Did you see exactly where it was hit?)

I understood that it was hit in the centre of the road, where there is a bus stop "Zavodska Street". There are shops here by the main road. The market is there too. The rescuers immediately cordoned off the area, so we weren't allowed to go there."

13. FIREFIGHTERS DOUSING FIRE IN BUILDING

14. EMERGENCY VEHICLES PARKED AT ROADSIDE

15. VARIOUS OF EMERGENCY WORKER SHINING LIGHT ON METALLIC PIECE OF DEBRIS

16. VARIOUS OF WOUNDED CIVILIAN IN AMBULANCE WITH PARAMEDICS

17. (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) 41-YEAR-OLD LOCAL RESIDENT FROM NEIGHBOURHOOD WHO WAS HELPING WOUNDED, SERHII ZAYETS, SAYING:

"We went into the hallway on the ninth floor, where we live. We heard a loud explosion. It was not like anything we had experienced before. My relatives called to tell us that the balcony windows had been blown off. We packed and came here with my wife. My wife went to see my relatives. I went to see if anybody needed my help. There were police officers there. Two people were lying on the ground: one was conscious and the other was not. The shop by the bus stop had been torn from one side. I went inside with a policeman and another man to check if anyone was alive or injured, because this shop is open 24 hours a day. When we approached, we saw that the door had been torn off. We started clearing the rubble. I saw a woman's head. Some women at the back were screaming, "Mum, mum!" but I didn't recognise her. I checked her pulse, but I couldn't feel it. I thought it might just be weak, so I pressed harder. We continued clearing the rubble. Two more police officers arrived. We cleared the rubble from one side. A policeman and I began pulling her out. She had a lacerated wound, and I confirmed that she didn't have a pulse. We pulled her out. As she had abdominal injuries, we stopped pulling her out so that the paramedics could attend to her."

18. VARIOUS OF ZAYETS SPEAKING TO EMERGENCY WORKER

19. (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) 41-YEAR-OLD LOCAL RESIDENT FROM NEIGHBOURHOOD WHO WAS HELPING WOUNDED, SERHII ZAYETS, SAYING:

"I am former soldier. And for sure any death is a tragedy to anyone. But we take it as war."

20. EMERGENCY VEHICLES PARKED AT ROADSIDE, WORKER MAKING ANNOUNCEMENT THROUGH LOUDSPEAKER

21. FIREFIGHTERS DOUSING SMOKE IN BUILDING

22. SMOKE SURROUNDING FIREFIGHTERS

23. EMERGENCY WORKERS STANDING BY