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At least 23 civilians were killed and more than two dozen injured during the strike. (X: Andrii Sybiha)
In short:
A Russian aistrike on a pension disbursal point in Yarova in eastern Ukraine has killed 24 people.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a guided bomb had struck the village about 24 km from the city of Sloviansk.
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Mr Zelenskyy has called on his allies to put more pressure on Moscow to end the war.
A Russian air strike has killed 24 civilians at a pension disbursal point in a village in eastern Ukraine, officials said.
Russian troops have pressed a grinding offensive across much of the eastern Donetsk region as diplomatic efforts to achieve peace in the 3 and a half-year-old war have largely stalled.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a guided bomb had struck the village of Yarova, about 24 km from the city of Sloviansk, a Ukrainian stronghold, and several kilometres behind the front line.
"Directly on people. Ordinary civilians. At the very moment when pensions were being disbursed," he wrote on X.
Policemen and medics transfer to the ambulance Olha Trush, 86 from the village of Yarova, that was hit by Russian aerial strike. (AP: Alex Babenko)
The president posted video footage showing bodies strewn across the ground and debris.
Twenty four people were killed and another 18 people were wounded, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said.
He added that some victims were still being identified using DNA.
Zelenskyy calls on allies to increase pressure on Russia to end war
"The world must not remain silent," Mr Zelenskyy said.
"The world must not remain idle. A response is needed from the United States. A response is needed from Europe. A response is needed from the G20."
Russia did not immediately comment on Mr Zelenskyy's remarks.
Moscow has denied targeting civilians, but tens of thousands have died since its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Last week, a Russian air strike near the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv killed two people from a Danish-sponsored humanitarian de-mining mission.
"Is this what Russia means when it talks about peace? When will Russia stop killing people?" wrote European Council President Antonio Costa on X.
Reuters
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