Russia Bombs Village School, More Than 60 Feared Dead
Vondigest reports that More than 60 civilians are believed to have been killed in a Russian airstrike on a village school in eastern Ukraine as the country steels itself for a barrage of offensives to mark Moscow’s “Victory Day” parade tomorrow.
Roughly 90 people had sought refuge in the school buildings at Bilohorivka, close to the focal point of Russia’s redoubled onslaught on Donbas.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has said 60 people were killed after a bomb hit a school in east Ukraine.
Earlier, the governor of Luhansk region, Serhiy Haidai, said 90 people had been sheltering in the building in Bilohorivka, and 30 were rescued.
The blast brought down the building which caught fire and it took firefighters three hours to extinguish the blaze, according to the governor, writing on Telegram.
He said almost the entire village had been sheltering in the basement of the school.
The final death toll would only be known when the rubble had been cleared, the governor said.
The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he was “appalled” by the deadly attack, adding: “civilians must always be spared in times of war”.
