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21 Killed in Russian Air Strike on Ukrainian Village – Zelensky Speaks Out
"At least 21 civilians have been killed in a Russian air strike on the Donetsk settlement of Yarova. President Zelensky calls it a 'ruthless' attack and urges the world not to remain silent. Emergency services are on site, and many others are wounded.
Watch this short to understand the scale of the attack and the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine. Stay informed about the latest developments from the frontlines.
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00:00At least 21 have been killed in a Russian airstrike on a village in eastern Ukraine,
00:04say local Ukrainian officials. The victims were ordinary people collecting their pensions in the
00:09Donetsk settlement of Yurova, said President Volodymyr Zelensky. Donetsk regional leader
00:13Vadim Filkishkin said emergency services were at the scene and that as many people were wounded as
00:18killed. Yurova is to the north of Slovyansk, one of the big cities in the region, and not far from
00:23the front line as Russian forces advance slowly in the east. If confirmed, the death toll would
00:28be among the heaviest attacks on Ukrainian civilians in recent weeks, 42 months into Russia's full-scale
00:33invasion. At least 23 people were killed in overnight airstrikes on Ukraine's capital Kiev at the end of
00:39August. At the weekend, Russia launched its biggest air assault of the war on Kiev so far, hitting the
00:43main government building in the capital, in what Zelensky said was a ruthless attack aimed at
00:48prolonging the war. Posting graphic footage of the attack on Yurova online, Zelensky said there were
00:52no words to describe the latest Russian strikes. There was no immediate response from Russia's
00:58military. Vadim Filishkin said the attack took place at 12.30 on Tuesday as pensions were being
01:03handed out. Yurova cites on a key railway line in Donetsk, between Lyman and Izium. It is also only
01:086 kilometers, 3.6 miles, away from the next village of Novoselivka, where Russian forces are closing in
01:14on the outskirts. Ukraine's state emergency service said another three people had died in earlier Russian
01:20shelling of settlements in Donetsk. The world must not remain silent, Zelensky said, calling for a response
01:25from both the US, Europe and the G20 group of nations.
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