60 people died as a result of Russia’s bombing of a school in your village Bilohorivkain the region Luhansk, in eastern Ukraine. Information from the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. The group took refuge there.
“A Russian bomb in the city of Bilogorivka killed 60 civilians,” Zelensky said in his speech at the G7 summit by videoconference.
“The village of Bilogorivka was attacked by airstrikes. The bombs hit the school and unfortunately it was completely destroyed,” said Luhansk regional governor Sergei Gaïdaï on his Telegram account.
Gaidai reported that 90 people were present at the time of the bombing, and only 27 of them managed to escape. He said 60 victims were under the rubble.
Governor He also said that the attack took place on Saturday afternoon (local time) and the school was engulfed in flames. “The fire was extinguished after about four hours. Then the rubble was removed and unfortunately the bodies of two people were found,” the governor said on the messaging app Telegram.
“The enemy has not stopped offensive operations in the eastern operational zone since 2014 in order to maintain full control over the territory of the Donetsk, Lugansk and Kherson regions and to protect the land corridor between these territories and occupied Crimea,” the state said. The biggest Ukrainian this morning.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said he was “shocked” by the bombing, according to the spokesperson. stephane dujarric in a statement this Sunday. Guterres reiterated that “in times of war, civilians and civilian infrastructure must always be protected”, adding that this attack is “another reminder that civilians pay the highest price in this war, as in many other conflicts.”
The same source stated that there are soldiers in the Donetsk region. Russians continue offensive operations around Lyman, popasnyansky, Severodonetsk and Avdiivka. AND He said the situation on the Moldovan side was “tense”.
Ukrainian authorities, Moscow’s II. For several days, they have been warning of a possible intensification of Russian attacks, as the May 9 commemoration of his victory over Nazi Germany in World War II approaches.
Russian President Vladimir Putin today assured “victory will be ours, as in 1945”, multiplying comparisons between the Second World War and the 74-day conflict in Ukraine.
*With information from Reuters and AFP
source: Noticias
