The number of casualties caused this Friday by a Russian attack on a humanitarian convoy in the city of Zaporizhia, shortly before Russia announced its annexation, amounted to 30 dead and 88 woundedthe Ukrainian police announced.
The previous figure, provided by the police of that region, showed a belt of 26 dead and 81 wounded.
According to the regional authorities, among the At least two children have died and one of the people hospitalized in the city’s medical centers is a three-year-old girl.
The number of victims is not yet final, police said.
The work of the emergency services and the Ukrainian army continues at the scene of the attack, which hit a civilian convoy that, on Friday morning, was leaving Zaporizhia for the territories under Russian control in that region.
According to Ukrainian media, the purpose of the trip was to provide humanitarian aid and pick up relatives who were in the occupied areas.
When the Russian missiles hit the convoy, 100 people were at the checkpoint, the press reports.
According to the Ukrainian news agency Interfax, the Ukrainian authorities are gathering evidence on the spot in preparation for opening a war crimes investigation.
The attack was initially announced by the governor of the region, Oleksandr Starukh, who spread, through the Telegram platform, images of burned vehicles and bodies lying on the road.
The attack occurred on the day that Moscow announced the annexation of four regions of Ukraine: in addition to Zaporizhia, also Lugansk, Donetsk and Kherson, after the referendums held between September 23 and 27 and whose supposed results have shown an almost to the population until its incorporation into Russia.
Neither Ukraine nor the international community recognize the annexations.
Source: Observadora
