An incredible Russian glide bomb attack on the village of Yarova, in the eastern part of Ukraine, has already taken the lives of at least 24 people who were in a queue to collect their pensions, which is one of the most terrible strikes on civilians that have taken place in recent months and is urgently requested by President Zelenskyy to maintain even stronger international sanctions.
The civilians who have come to collect pensions are the targets
According to CBS News, a Russian attack on Tuesday killed at least 24 individuals as part of the issuance of pensions in a front-line town of the eastern part of Ukraine at risk of being seized by the Russian invasion that seeks to seize the entire industrial region. The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared on social media coworker video footage of a few corpses lying on the ground, and a burned-out minivan beside a playground.
Video of a violent, savage Russian air strike on the village of Yarova, which is located in the Donetsk region. Directly on people. Ordinary civilians. Zelenskyy wrote at the moment when pensions were being issued. In eastern Ukraine, AFP journalists caught mourners sobbing outside a morgue with at least 13 corpses that their staff had wrapped in black body bags.
Glide bomb bomb used in a precision attack
According to the Ukrainian Emergency Service, the blast killed at least 24 people and injured 19 others. An official at the Ukrainian postal service office, Ukrposhta, also told AFP that their vehicles were destroyed during the attack and the head of the department, whose name is Yulia, was admitted to a hospital. The provision of public services in front-line regions is also provided by Ukrposhta, which stated that it would reform its system of provision of pensions and basic services there.
The Ukrainian forces reported that Moscow had used a glide bomb. They belong to an arsenal created by Russia to strike further into Ukrainian soil and extend their front line. The Prosecutor General of Ukraine said that it had initiated a war crime investigation.
Zelenskyy asks the world to take action against the attack
According to DW, the Ukrainian interior ministry now reports that 24 individuals were killed when a Russian glide bomb hit the Ukrainian village of Yarova, approximately eight kilometers (five miles) away from the frontline. Kyiv authorized military governor of the Donetsk region, Vadym Filashkin, reported that 23 of the victims were pensioners. Filashkin, who had previously put the number of those killed at 21, had a large number of others injured.
Zelenskyy called on the allies of Ukraine to declare retaliation to the assault, and added that decisive measures were required to make Russia cease taking lives. Sybiha gave Ukraine a call to report the strike to its allies. The United States needs to give a response. Europe needs to react. G20 must respond, Zelenskyy said.
Village in the area of active lines
Russia has been gradually continuing to push forward in the eastern Donetsk region throughout the months, focusing its gunfire on the area and sending troops to the other side of the front line, Kyiv said. Moscow has overlaid an industrial region to become part of Russia, whereas it lacks total authority over it. Russian authorities in Donetsk have been urging civilians to evacuate the conflict as early as February 2022, when Russia started its invasion.
This horrific incident serves as a reminder of the current humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine, where the people still have to endure the consequences of the military aggression by Russia. The purposeful attack on vulnerable elderly citizens gathering basic services puts under the spotlight the need to increase international pressure on protecting civilian communities and increase the accountability of those who perpetrate it.