A Russian glide bomb has struck a village in eastern Ukraine as people queued for pensions, killing at least 21 and injuring nearly two dozen more.
The attack on Yarova in Donetsk was condemned as “frankly brutal” by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with calls for tougher sanctions to make Moscow pay.
Russia has stepped up aerial strikes after US-led peace efforts stalled, hitting Kyiv on Sunday in the largest attack since the war began.
Meanwhile, the European Union’s foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas says the bloc’s 27 member states are now providing more military aid to Ukraine than ever before.
Here is a roundup of these and other events from Russia’s war in Ukraine on Tuesday, September 9.
Russian bomb kills 21 in Ukraine village, Zelenskyy urges sanctions
A Russian glide bomb struck the village of Yarova in Ukraine’s Donetsk region on Tuesday, killing at least 21 people and wounding nearly two dozen as residents lined up to collect pensions, officials said.
The Kyiv-appointed governor of the region, Vadym Filashkin, said rescue forces were still in action as he urged residents to flee to safer regions.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the attack as “frankly brutal” and called for stronger international sanctions.
“Such strikes by Russia must not remain without an appropriate response from the world,” Zelenskyy said.
“The world should not remain silent. The United States needs a reaction. Europe needs a reaction. The G20 needs a reaction,” he wrote on Telegram.
“Strong action is needed so that Russia stops bringing death.”
The village lies on the Siverskyi Donets river near the Donbas front line, where Russian forces are pressing attacks on the nearby town of Lyman.
The United Nations estimates more than 12,000 civilians have been killed since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. The strike follows Russia’s largest aerial assault on Kyiv since the start of the war, carried out on Sunday with missiles and drones.
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Welcome to DW’s coverage of the latest developments in the Russian war on Ukraine.
You join us after news of a deadly Russian glide bomb attack on a small village in eastern Ukraine. At least 21 people were killed as they waited in line to collect their pensions.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the strike hit Yarova in the Donetsk region on Tuesday, calling it the latest in a string of Russian attacks deliberately targeting civilians.
It’s one of the deadliest recent strikes on civilians since the full-scale war began more than three years ago.
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