Four dead in Russian strike at Kursk School, says Ukraine
President Volodimier Zelinesky says Moscow bombs a boarding school in Ukrainian-Quiz Russia, where citizens were giving shelter and preparing to vacate.
The Ukrainian army stated that four people were killed and dozens of – many of them were injured in Sudaza city in Kursk region, which has been under Ukrainian control for five months.
More than 80 people are reported to be rescued from the building.
The BBC is not able to confirm Ukraine’s claim that it was a deliberate Russian attack using a guided air bomb. Moscow has not commented.
Zelansky posted on X that the incident exposed Russia as a “state devoid of citizenship”.
“This is how Russia has fought – Sudza, Kursk region, Russian area, a boarding school in which the citizens are ready to vacate,” he wrote.
“A Russian air bomb. He destroyed the building despite being dozens of citizens.”
General employees of the Ukrainian Army posted on Telegram that four people had died and 84 citizens were rescued, stating that “the strike was done with purpose”.
Ukraine launched an electric emphasis at the Russian Oblast in Kursk last August, surprising the Russian border guards.
In Kiev, the government made it clear at that time that if there was no intention of occupying the seized area, then to use it as a bargained chip in future peace talks.
Zelansky compared the Saturday strike, “How Russia waged a war against Chechnya decades ago. They killed the Syrian people in the same way. Russian bombs destroyed Ukrainian houses in the same way”.
While no official statement has been made from Kremlin, at least one informal Russian military blogger claimed that the Ukrainian forces were behind the strike.
