“At the moment, nine victims, two of whom are in serious condition, are in intensive care,” he wrote on Telegram. 

Balitsky said that the Ukrainian military hit residential buildings three times, in one of the yards of which there is a kindergarten.

According to him, about 40 parked cars were damaged by shrapnel, about 25 burned down.

Earlier, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the council of the military-civilian administration of the Zaporozhye region, said that seven people were injured as a result of the shelling of Energodar by the Ukrainian military.

According to him, the Ukrainian military shelled Energodar from Nikopol using American M777 howitzers. 

On the evening of August 28, the Ukrainian military shelled residential areas of Energodar, Zaporozhye region.