In a video message from exterior the bombed web site, Fedorov mentioned the Russian shelling started at about 16:00 native time (14:00 GMT) on Wednesday.
He mentioned that two guided bombs struck residential buildings. Earlier he had mentioned “industrial infrastructure” had been focused.
Graphic photographs posted on-line confirmed first responders treating casualties on the roadside, a number of automobiles on fireplace and a stationary tram with its home windows shattered.
In a single video, a minimum of two minibuses are seen with their home windows blown out and what look like casualties mendacity amid rubble and particles on the street.
Zaporizhzhia lies near the entrance line.
In a press release afterward Wednesday, President Zelensky mentioned that “there may be nothing extra merciless than launching aerial bombs on a metropolis, understanding that strange civilians will endure”.
And interesting to Ukraine’s allies for extra assist, he mentioned “that solely by energy can such a battle be ended with an enduring peace”.
A day of mourning might be declared throughout the Zaporizhzhia area on Thursday.