Today, Russian missiles destroyed a humanitarian convoy in southern Ukraine, resulting in the deaths of at least 23 civilians.
Friday morning, rockets struck a line of automobiles leaving the Ukrainian-occupied city of Zaporizhzhia for the adjoining Russian-occupied region.
Oleksandr Starukh, the regional governor of Zaporizhzhia, reported that at least 28 civilians were wounded in the attack. All of the victims were civilians.
The incident occurred just hours before a speech by Vladimir Putin in which he will announce that the Zaporizhzhia area, as well as Donetsk, Lugansk, and Kherson, are being annexed to Russia under the pretext of safeguarding them.
At least 23 civilians were killed when Russian missiles attacked a civilian convoy leaving the Ukrainian-occupied city of Zaporizhzhia for nearby Russian-occupied territory.
Photos from Zaporizhzhia depicted a road littered with shattered automobiles and at least two bodies on the ground, with survivors sifting through the debris.
A witness reported seeing approximately 12 bodies, four of which were in automobiles, and a missile crater near two rows of vehicles at a car market.
The crash had flung earth pieces into the air and rained shrapnel over the automobiles. The windows of the vehicles, primarily automobiles and three vans, were shattered.
The cars were filled with personal effects, blankets, and luggage.
In one of them, a man’s body was leaning from the driver’s seat to the passenger’s seat with his left hand still gripping the steering wheel.
Oleksandr Starukh, the governor of Zaporizhzhia, posted on Telegram, “The enemy launched a rocket strike on a humanitarian convoy carrying civilians as it was leaving the regional center.”
People waited in line to depart towards the temporarily seized region, to pick up their family members, and to take away aid.
Rescuers, medical personnel, and all pertinent services are currently at the scene.
The vehicles were carrying humanitarian aid into Russian-occupied area on Friday morning when they were targeted by numerous missiles.
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