"Utterly horrific": Zelensky on a Strike That Killed 26 at an Aid Site
A school providing weekly aid to residents in southern Ukraine was struck, followed by a place where people were sheltering, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Rescuers are still searching the rubble.
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Russian aerial bombs killed 26 people at a humanitarian aid site in southern Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said, as rescuers searched rubble during an operation repeatedly interrupted by reported drone attacks.
The attack hit Komyshuvakha, a village in the Zaporizhzhia region. Regional head Mykhailo Semikin said at least nine aerial bombs struck the village. President Volodymyr Zelensky said a local school used for humanitarian needs was hit first, followed by another attack on a place where people were sheltering.
The school served residents who had stayed in Komyshuvakha and received aid there every week, according to Zelensky. Rescuers and police officers were among those killed in the strikes, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said.
Zelensky called the attack "utterly horrific". Five people were reported injured, while 27 had initially been reported missing. Semikin said people remained under the rubble and rescue teams were working at the scene.
Russian responsibility, the weapons used and the circumstances of the strikes have not been independently confirmed. The number of people present, the relationship between the school and the sheltering location, and the intended target are also not established. Russia's military had not publicly commented.
