Ukraine-Russia: Several killed in Russian drone attack on school
At least eight people were killed by Russian forces on Wednesday in a series of drone attacks that hit a school near Kyiv and a residential building in Zaporizhzhia.
The overnight attack in the city of Rzhyshchiv, south of the Ukrainian capital, partially destroyed a high school and two dormitories, hospitalising 20.
It was followed by attacks on two residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia, where officials said one person was killed and 25 taken to hospital.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the airstrikes showed Moscow was not interested in peace.
“Over 20 Iranian murderous drones, plus missiles, numerous shelling incidents, and that’s just in one last night of Russian terror against Ukraine,” he wrote on Twitter.
“Every time someone tries to hear the word ‘peace’ in Moscow, another order is given there for such criminal strikes.”
- British military intelligence believes the Russian assault on the town of Bakhmut is likely losing the limited momentum it had obtained.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has visited the front line near the eastern city of Bakhmut.
- Moscow has warned of “serious consequences” for Russian-British relations should the UK supply Ukraine with shells that contain depleted uranium.
- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday that the probability of a nuclear conflict was at its highest level in decades, Russian news agencies reported.
