At least 23 people have been reported dead and others injured after a Russian rocket struck a Ukranian civilian aid convoy.
The rocket strike left a huge crater next to a row of vehicles in the city of Zaporizhzhia.
As per BBC, Vehicle windows and windscreens had been smashed in as dozens of bodies lay at the scene.
It came amid several other attacks on Friday hitting civilian targets in Ukrainian-held territory along the breadth of the frontline on the morning of Russia’s planned annexation celebration.
“So far, 23 dead and 28 wounded. All civilians, the occupiers struck defenseless Ukrainians. This is another terrorist attack by a terrorist country.” Zaporizhzhia regional governor Oleksandr Starukh stated
The aid convoy was trying to cross into Russian-held territory near Zaporizhzhia, the Ukrainian-held capital of a region Moscow claims to be annexing.
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Ukraine President Zelenskiy promised a strong response to the annexations and summoned his defence and security chiefs for an emergency meeting on Friday.
The president added that one person in Russia needed to be stopped to end the war.
“It can still be stopped. But to stop it we have to stop that person in Russia who wants war more than life. Your lives, citizens of Russia,” Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.
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