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ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE (DEC. 18, 2025) (UKRAINE NATIONAL POLICE - RESTRICTED)

1. SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS WALKING AT ATTACK SCENE (TWO SHOTS)

2. VARIOUS OF SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS RESCUING STRANDED PEOPLE IN BUILDING

3. INJURED WOMAN ON STRETCHER (TWO SHOTS) ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - DEC. 18, 2025 - RESTRICTION: USERS MUST CREDIT “UKRAINE NATIONAL POLICE” HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO — EDITORIAL USE ONLY — The Ukrainian National Police said on Thursday, Dec. 18, that civilians trapped under rubble were rescued following a Russian attack on the city of Zaporizhzhia.

In a statement, police said search and rescue teams were dispatched shortly after the attack and established contact with people trapped inside a damaged building.

Coordinated efforts were launched to reach civilians buried beneath the debris.

Footage from the scene showed injured individuals being placed on stretchers and taken to ambulances. Authorities said the wounded were given first aid before being evacuated to safer areas for further medical treatment.

Russia started its "special military operation" in Ukraine in February 2022 to "denazify" and "demilitarize" Ukraine.

According to its memorandum for the settlement of the conflict, Moscow has demanded a ban on Kyiv joining military alliances and withdrawal of Ukraine's troops from Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson, the regions it annexed after a referendum in September 2022, among others.

Ukraine has called the terms an "ultimatum" and has called for a ceasefire as a prerequisite for meaningful talks.