– 60 dead after an air strike on a school in Belohorivka, writes Sarhej Hajjaj in Twitter.
He is the governor and commander of the military administration in Luhansk, in eastern Ukraine.
90 people took shelter in the basement of the school building, Amina Dzibar, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, wrote in Twitter.
took over the rescue work
Governor Hajjaj claims that only 30 of the people who sought shelter were rescued alive.
He posted a video of a destroyed and burning building.
The attack was said to have taken place on Saturday night. Rescue work is also said to have started on Saturday, but stopped on Sunday night. Work resumed on Sunday morning.
Rescue work began on Saturday and was completed on Sunday morning.
Photo: Government Emergency Services / Reuters
The information has not been confirmed by independent sources. The Russian Ministry of Defense did not respond to questions about the alleged bombing, type Reuters.
Heavy fighting in Luhansk
According to the governor, the villagers sought shelter in the school after another building that was used as a shelter was destroyed.
The school will then be our only city where people can apply for coverage.
“Almost the entire village has taken refuge, and all those who were not evacuated,” Hajjaj told CNN.
The governor of Luhansk claims that the school was used as a place of refuge.
Photo: Government Emergency Services / Reuters
He claims that a Russian plane dropped a bomb on the school.
Heavy fighting is taking place in Luhansk, one of the provinces that has been partially controlled by Russia-friendly separatists since 2014.
Source: Critical Threats of War Institute / AEI / NRK (updated 08.05.2022)
Evacuation of women and children from steel mills
In Mariupol, also located in eastern Ukraine, all women, children and elderly civilians will be evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant district. The Ukrainian government claimed on Saturday.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine, said that the government is now going through a new phase related to the removal of Ukrainian soldiers from steel plants.
– Zelensky said in a video speech on Sunday evening that this is a very difficult but important matter.
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