Russian Strike on Zaporizhzhia School Used as Aid Centre Kills at Least 33
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Russia carried out a double-tap airstrike on a school serving as a humanitarian aid distribution centre in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, killing at least 33 people and leaving around 50 more buried under rubble.
A Russian double-tap airstrike struck a school in Ukraine's south-eastern Zaporizhzhia region that had been repurposed as a humanitarian aid centre, killing at least 33 people and leaving approximately 50 others trapped beneath the rubble, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who addressed the incident from Berlin on Tuesday. The school was no longer holding classes but was used every Monday to deliver aid to local residents. Zelenskyy said Russian forces first dropped aerial bombs on the building just as people were arriving, then launched a second wave of air bombs directly on the shelter. He described the assault as a "vile terrorist strike" and said Russian forces could not have been unaware the site was being used for civilian aid. Two members of a rescue crew and four police officers were among those killed; two further rescue workers were hospitalised. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha also condemned the attack as "barbaric and cynical," and called on countries to exclude Russia from international sport. Russia's Defence Ministry, for its part, claimed it had struck Ukrainian military units in areas around Komyshuvakha and two other settlements in the region, saying up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen were killed. Local search and rescue teams are continuing to search the site for survivors.
