In the settlement of Komyshuvakha in Zaporizhzhia region, the death toll from Russian airstrikes has risen to 24. Five more people were wounded, including two rescuers.
This was reported by Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.
Among those killed were two rescuers and four police officers.
As reported by Oleksii Koretskyi, Russian forces deliberately targeted a school in Komyshuvakha where humanitarian aid was being distributed to local residents.
In the morning, aerial bombs were dropped on the school. After the first strike, people took shelter, after which Russian forces carried out a second attack, dropping nine more aerial bombs directly on the shelter.
According to Koretskyi, the Russian side knew that local residents received humanitarian aid at this location every week.
Search-and-rescue operations are ongoing. Efforts to find and rescue people are being complicated by the threat of further strikes.
Earlier, “Glavnoe in Ukraine” reported that at least 18 people had been killed and five others wounded after a second Russian strike on a shelter in Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia region.
According to Ukrainian authorities, after the first strike on the school where humanitarian aid was being distributed to local residents, Russian forces dropped nine more aerial bombs on the shelter where people were staying.
