Zaporizhzhia declares day of mourning after rocket strike on residential high-rise kills 13 people

BY A STAFF REPORTER: A day of mourning has been declared on Monday after a rocket attack on a high-rise residential building in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia killed 13 people, council secretary Anatoly Kurtiev said. "It's a great sadness for the whole of Zaporizhia," Kurtiyev said. That's why a day of mourning has been declared in our city. Let us all together honor the cherished memories of those whose lives were cut short forever on that tragic night of March. "Let us also thank the rescue workers of the state emergency services who have been clearing the debris for almost four days, day and night, without breaks," he said. They are our heroes. We bow down to them. "