Russians dropped aerial bomb on Orikhiv during distribution of humanitarian aid, killing 4 people
The Russians have hit the city of Orikhiv in Zaporizhzhia Oblast with a guided aerial bomb at a time when humanitarian aid was being distributed in a residential area, killing four people, and there may still be people trapped under the rubble.
Source: Yurii Malashko, Head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram; Ukrainian National Police in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on Facebook
Quote: "The Ruscists have committed a war crime in the frontline city of Orikhiv; they struck the city with a guided aerial bomb while humanitarian aid was being distributed in a residential area.
Four people were killed on the spot: women aged 43, 45 and 47, and a 47-year-old man. "
Details: Eleven more local residents were hospitalised with injuries of varying severity.
Updated: The police added that Russian forces had carried out an air strike on 9 July. They hit a comprehensive school in Orikhiv as people arrived there to collect humanitarian aid – food and essentials.
Quote from the police: "The aerial bomb almost completely destroyed the building. The explosion killed four people and injured eleven others... Over a dozen people inside and outside the building were trapped under the rubble. Residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure facilities near the blast’s epicentre were also damaged."
Details: The police added that search and rescue operations were ongoing as of the morning of 10 July, as there may still be people under the rubble.
The Russians carried out a total of 36 targeted attacks on 10 peaceful settlements in Zaporizhzhia Oblast over the past day: five attacks from MLRS on Levadne and Novodarivka and 30 attacks on Huliaipole, Zaliznychne, Novodanylivke, Olhivske, Chervone and Malynivka.
A 65-year-old man was injured in Novodanilovka.
The destruction of 10 civilian facilities was recorded.
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