Add StudioX as a preferred source on GoogleA Russian bomb attack on a humanitarian aid centre in southeastern Ukraine has killed 24 people, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday, according to Al Jazeera.
The strikes destroyed a school that was being used as an aid centre in the village of Komyshuvakha, in the Zaporizhia region. Five other people were reported injured.
A repeat strike on the shelter
Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram that a second attack followed the first air strike, with nine more bombs dropped directly on the shelter where people had gathered.
He said Russia could not have been unaware that residents who remained in the village received assistance at the site every week. In his words, the attack was further proof that Russia does not want de-escalation or real justice.
Footage posted by Ukrainian emergency services showed a building reduced to smouldering rubble, with rescuers working at the scene.
Responders among the dead
Regional Governor Mykhailo Semikin said on Telegram that those killed included a police officer and two State Emergency Service rescuers. He added that 27 people in total are considered missing.
Zelenskyy linked the attack to earlier diplomacy. He said that after the humanitarian operation in Oleshky, there had been a moment when next steps could have shown progress toward peace was possible. With these killings, he said, Russia was sending the opposite signal and was counting on more killings.
Other attacks across Ukraine and Russia
Elsewhere in Ukraine, emergency services reported that drone strikes injured 12 people in the eastern Kharkiv region. The attacks also damaged a refrigeration facility, greenhouses and residential buildings.
In the Black Sea port city of Odesa, five people were reported injured after a warehouse was targeted and homes were damaged.
Russia’s Ministry of Defence said it shot down 212 Ukrainian drones overnight. Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, governor of Russia’s Samara region, reported that local air defences had repelled an aerial attack, without giving further details.
Al Jazeera’s related coverage points to a localised Russia-Ukraine truce having ended, and to air raid alert apps in both countries being hit by cyberattacks afterwards.
Source: Al Jazeera
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