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An airstrike on a school building in the urban village of Kamyshevakha killed at least 24 people, reports the State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations (SSES). Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky wrote that humanitarian aid was distributed at the school.
Zelensky wrote in a telegram that a school in Kamyshevakha was attacked, which was used for humanitarian needs; aid was distributed there. According to his information, in the morning the village was struck several times by aerial bombs, and after the first strike there was a second strike by nine more aerial bombs, including on a shelter where people were located.
According to the latest data from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, at least 24 people died, including two rescuers and four policemen. Five people were injured, including two rescuers. As stated in the telegram channel of the State Emergency Service, when rescuers and police arrived at the scene, there was a threat of repeated shelling, and emergency workers took cover, and then a second strike was struck.
“The gym and utility structure were destroyed, the building of the educational institution was damaged, and a fire and rescue vehicle was destroyed,” the service said in a statement.
Earlier, when it was known about 18 dead, the secretary of the Zaporozhye city council, Regina Kharchenko, reported that 27 people were listed as missing.
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Mikhail Semikin, acting chairman of the Zaporozhye regional state administration, said that the strike was carried out on the center of the village by FAB-3000 guided bombs and precisely at the moment when people were receiving humanitarian aid. He published a video in which he said that rescue work was forced to be interrupted due to drone attacks.
Zelensky said that after the humanitarian mission in Aleshki there was a moment when it seemed that peace was possible, but, in his opinion, Russia was sending the opposite signal.
The Russian military has not yet commented on the strike on Kamyshevakha.
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