Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia aid point kills 50, Kyiv emergency officials say
The death toll from Russia’s Monday bombing of an aid distribution point in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region has risen to 50, Kyiv’s Emergency Service said on Friday. Officials described the strike as among the deadliest attacks on civilians this year.
The target was a site where people had gathered to receive aid. France 24 reported the updated casualty figure several days after the attack, as emergency authorities in Kyiv revised the number of people killed.
The location in the Zaporizhzhia region, in southeastern Ukraine, underscores the continued risk to civilians at humanitarian sites during the war. The Emergency Service’s Friday announcement made the scale of the Monday strike clearer for an international audience following the incident.
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