The army has since declared a 38-hour curfew in Zaporizhzhia (File)

Lviv:

Nine folks had been killed and 17 wounded in shelling of the suburbs of town of Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine on Friday, deputy mayor Anatoliy Kurtiev mentioned on Saturday.

The army has since declared a 38-hour curfew in Zaporizhzhia, which was being attacked by Russian forces with mortars, tanks, helicopters and rocket programs, Kurtiev mentioned in a web-based put up.

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