Russian Air Strike Kills 23 Civilians in Eastern Ukraine Village
At least twenty-three people have been killed in a Russian air strike on the village of Yarova in eastern Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials. President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that the victims were civilians who had gathered to collect their pensions when the attack took place. Donetsk regional leader Vadym Filashkin reported that as many people were wounded as killed, with emergency services rushing to the scene. Yarova lies north of Slovyansk, not far from the front line, where Russian forces have been slowly advancing in the region. If confirmed, the death toll would make this one of the deadliest attacks on Ukrainian civilians in recent weeks, forty-two months into Russia’s full-scale invasion. The strike comes after a series of heavy bombardments, including a major air assault on Kyiv last weekend that targeted government buildings. Local authorities said the attack happened […]
