Russian forces fire missiles on Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia

On Thursday Russian forces fired several missiles on the city of Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine, said Oleksandr Starukh, head of the regional military administration in a post on Telegram.

He said that residential buildings were destroyed in the Ukrainian-controlled city as a result of the attack. Anatoly Kurtev, the acting mayor of Zaporizhzhia, said residential buildings were on fire in a post on Telegram on Thursday.

It's not known whether there are casualties, but Starukh said rescue teams are working to determine that.

Some context: The southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia is located along the Dnieper River, 120 kilometers 75 miles north of the nuclear power plant that bears its name and remains under Russian military control.

Zaporizhzhia is one of four areas of Ukraine that Russia claims to have annexed — in violation of international law and the protests of Western governments.

Russia hasn't done anything about the borders of the territories it claims to have annexed and is not even in full control of these regions - with Kyiv's forces making rapid advances in their counteroffensive.

The area has seen a lot of fighting recently, as Russian forces have controlled the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant for months. The UN nuclear watchdog has been investigating the status of the plant, which Moscow now claims to be Russian federal property and shelling that has damaged some installations there, as a result of the confrontation with the status of the plant. Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA, tweeted Wednesday that he was urgently traveling to Kyiv.