A Russian glide bomb struck a village in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday as pensions were being distributed, killing 23 civilians.
The bomb hit the village of Yarova in the Donetsk region, furious Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed while also sharing a video of the horrifying attack on social media.
The footage showed corpses strewn across the ground and a burned-out minivan near a playground, with personal belongings, papers, and shoes scattered all around.
‘Frankly brutal,’ Zelensky said of the attack, urging the international community to make Russia pay economically for its invasion through additional sanctions.
‘The Russians continue destroying lives while avoiding new strong sanctions and new strong blows’, he said.
‘The world should not remain silent,’ Zelensky added.
‘The world should not remain inactive. The United States needs a reaction. Europe needs a reaction. The G20 needs a reaction. Strong action is needed so that Russia stops bringing death.’
A spokesman for the Ukrainian postal network, Ukrposhta, confirmed to AFP that one of their vehicles was damaged in the attack and an employee had been hospitalised.
A spokesman for the Ukrainian postal network, Ukrposhta, confirmed to AFP that one of their vehicles was damaged in the attack and an employee had been hospitalised
Zelensky posted amateur video from the scene showing corpses strewn across the ground and a burned-out minivan near a playground
The bomb hit the village of Yarova in the Donetsk region, Mr Zelensky said in a post on Telegram
Russia has been steadily advancing in the eastern Donetsk region for months
Ukrposhta delivers public services in frontline regions, including the distribution of pension payments.
Russia has been steadily advancing in the eastern Donetsk region for months, concentrating its firepower on the territory and deploying troops from other parts of the front line, Kyiv has said.
Authorities in Donetsk have been appealing to civilians to flee the fighting since the early days of Russia’s invasion in February 2022.
Ukrainian commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrsky said this week that Russian forces outnumbered Ukrainian troops threefold in some areas of the front, and by six times in regions where Moscow has concentrated its forces.
US President Donald Trump has tried to find a way to end the war in recent weeks but has little to show for his efforts.
The strike comes just days after a Russian missile crashed into the Ukrainian government headquarters in central Kyiv, the first time the complex had been hit in the three-and-a-half-year war.
Tens of thousands have been killed and millions force from their homes in Europe’s bloodiest conflict since World War II.
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