A deadly attack on a boarding school in the Russian-controlled city of Sudzha has sparked a war of words between Ukraine and Russia, both accusing the other of carrying out the deadly strike. While Ukrainian officials report four civilians killed and several wounded, Russia claims Ukrainian forces launched the missile attack. The incident comes amidst a surge in drone warfare, with Russia deploying 55 drones into Ukraine overnight and Ukraine reporting the destruction of 40.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Competing claims emerged over a deadly attack on a boarding school in Sudzha, a city in Russia’s Kursk region that has been under Ukrainian control for five months, with Ukraine and Russia accusing each other of carrying out the strike. The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said Saturday night that four people were killed and a further four seriously wounded in the strike, with 84 people rescued by Ukrainian servicemen from the rubble of the building.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Moscow had bombed the boarding school where civilians were sheltering and preparing to evacuate. The General Staff said those in need of additional medical assistance were evacuated to medical facilities in Ukraine. The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed in the early hours of Sunday that it was Ukrainian forces that had launched a missile strike on the school, saying that the missiles were launched from Ukraine’s Sumy region. Meanwhile, the death toll from a Russian missile strike on an apartment block in the Ukrainian city of Poltava on Saturday rose to 14, including two children, local officials said Sunday. Seventeen people were injured in the attack on the five-story building, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said. Moscow sent 55 drones into Ukraine overnight into Sunday, Ukrainian officials said. According to Ukraine´s Air Force, 40 drones were destroyed during the overnight attacks. A further 13 drones were “lost”, likely having been electronically jammed. Two people were wounded in a drone attack in the Kharkiv region, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said Sunday. In Russia, the Defense Ministry said that five Ukrainian drones were shot down overnight in five regions of western Russia: three over the Kursk region, and one each over the Belgorod and Bryansk regions
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