Russia-Ukraine war: Strikes on a school by Russia kills 26, derailing hopes of progress toward peace

Lankadeepa, Rupavahini News and Ada Derana report that Russian forces struck an aid or refugee centre in southeastern Ukraine. Lankadeepa places it in a school building; Rupavahini News identifies it as an aid centre in Komyshuvakha, in the southern Zaporizhzhia region. Ada Derana reports that Kyiv gave a death toll of 26, while Lankadeepa reports 33 deaths and Rupavahini News reports 38.

Rupavahini News says people had gathered to receive relief supplies and moved to underground shelters during the attack, but the building’s roof collapsed. The outlet reports that many were trapped under the debris and that more than 50 people were thought to remain there. It also reports that strikes hit hospitals in Dnipro and Kharkiv, leaving 73 people injured.

Rupavahini News reports damage to energy infrastructure in nine major Ukrainian cities. It says Kyiv’s water supply and metro system were completely disrupted, and that Ukraine faced difficulty countering Russian drone and missile attacks because of a shortage of air-defence missiles.

Rupavahini News reports that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as a massacre, while the Russian defence ministry said the strikes were aimed at Ukrainian forces. Rupavahini News also reports that the United Nations said the attack seriously violated international humanitarian law.

Written automatically by AI from the outlets’ own reports, and not reviewed by an editor. It can be wrong — the original report is the authority.