A Russian airstrike on a school that was serving as a bomb shelter for civilians has left as many as 60 people buried under rubble and presumed dead, Ukrainian officials said Sunday.
Ukrainian officials on May 8 said dozens of people were buried under rubble after Russia bombed a school in the eastern region of the country. BERESTOVE, Ukraine — A Russian airstrike on a school that was serving as a bomb shelter for civilians has left as many as 60 people buried under rubble and feared dead, Ukrainian officials said Sunday.If confirmed, the incident in the eastern village of Bilohorivka would rank among the deadliest attacks on civilians since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb.
“We’d been inside that basement for a month,” said a 57-year-old woman, who gave her name as Irena. Her neck and face were swollen. “We were eating dinner when it happened. We didn’t know what hit us.” Putin “just wants something to tell his people tomorrow,” a member of Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces, a largely volunteer reserve force, told The Post, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.Fighting raged across Luhansk on Sunday, as Russian forces tried to encircle the towns of Lysychansk and Severodonetsk. As reporters drove toward the area, plumes of smoke hung on the horizon.
Haidai said in an update Sunday said that Ukraine’s troops have retreated from Popasna to more secure battlefield positions. “Our troops have withdrawn from Popasna,” heon Telegram. “The Armed Forces of Ukraine are now in a stronger position, which they prepared beforehand.” The Post could not verify the accuracy of either side’s assertions.
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