Zaporizhzhia civilian convoy attack

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}{{Short description|Airstrike during the Russian invasion of Ukraine}}

{{Infobox civilian attack

| title = Zaporizhzhia civilian convoy attack

| partof = Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine

| image = File:Missile strike on a humanitarian convoy in Zaporizhzhia, 2022-09-30 (03).jpg

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| caption = Damaged vehicles after the attack

| location = Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine

| target =

| date = 30 September 2022

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| type = Missile strike

| fatalities = 32

| injuries = ~88{{cite news |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-zaporizhzhya-strike-convoy-deaths-ukraine/32059081.html |date=2022-09-30 |access-date=2022-10-11 |title=Russian Strike Kills At Least 30 People, Wounds 88 In Zaporizhzhya|newspaper=Radiofreeeurope/Radioliberty }}

| perps = {{armed forces|Russia}}

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{{Campaignbox Russian invasion of Ukraine}}

On 30 September 2022, the Russian Armed Forces reportedly launched sixteen S-300 missiles at a civilian convoy in the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 32 people were killed (both adults and children) and 86 more were injured.{{cite news |url=https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-obstril-kolony-zaporizhzhia-pomer-poranenyi/32071284.html |title=Обстріл колони під Запоріжжям: ще один поранений помер у лікарні – Старух |newspaper=Радіо Свобода |date=2022-10-08 |publisher=Радіо «Свобода» |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20221009194710/https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-obstril-kolony-zaporizhzhia-pomer-poranenyi/32071284.html |archivedate=2022-10-09|last1=Свобода |first1=Радіо }}{{cite web |url=https://www.rbc.ua/rus/news/udar-koloni-pid-zaporizhzhyam-kilkist-postrazhdalih-1664614692.html |title=Удар по колоні під Запоріжжям: кількість постраждалих зросла до 118 |date=2022-10-01 |publisher=РБК-Україна |access-date=2023-01-06}}{{Cite news |date=2022-09-30 |title=Ukraine war: Survivors speak of horror as Zaporizhzhia convoy hit |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63086697 |access-date=2022-09-30}}{{Cite news |last=Malsin |first=Jared |date=2022-09-30 |title=Ukrainian Forces Move to Surround Russian Troops in Key City as Putin Lays Claim to Regions |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-attack-kills-dozens-of-civilians-in-ukraine-hours-before-planned-annexations-11664531345 |access-date=2022-09-30 |issn=0099-9660}}{{Cite news |last=Landay |first=Jonathan |date=2022-09-30 |title=At least 30 civilians killed in Russian strike on convoy, Ukraine says |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-missile-strike-hits-ukrainian-civilian-convoy-regional-governor-2022-09-30/ |access-date=2022-09-30}}

Four of the missiles hit an area next to an automotive market on the southeast of Zaporizhzia, where a humanitarian convoy of around 60 cars was forming before going to the Russian checkpoint at Vasylivka in order to pick up their relatives.{{Cite web|lang=en|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/30/dozens-feared-dead-after-russian-strike-on-civilian-convoy-in-zaporizhzhia|title=Dozens feared dead after Russian strike on civilian convoy near Zaporizhzhia|website=the Guardian|date=2022-09-30 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20220930152320/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/30/dozens-feared-dead-after-russian-strike-on-civilian-convoy-in-zaporizhzhia |archivedate=2022-09-30}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/russian/news-63087675|title=Ракетный удар по колонне машин под Запорожьем: более 20 человек погибли|date=2022-09-30|publisher=BBC|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20220930144231/https://www.bbc.com/russian/news-63087675|archivedate=2022-09-30}}

The attack occurred hours before Russia formally annexed four regions of Ukraine, including Zaporizhzhia Oblast.