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Russian bombing kills 26 people at Ukraine aid centre, Kyiv says

Officials say at least nine 3,000kg aerial bombs hit a southern Ukrainian village in what the president called an "utterly horrific" attack.

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At least 26 people were killed after Russian bombs hit an aid distribution centre, in an attack that Ukraine's leader has called "utterly horrific".

Five people were injured and 27 initially reported missing after at least nine 3,000kg aerial bombs hit the village of Komyshuvakha in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, regional head Mykhailo Semikin said.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that after the first strike on the local school "used for humanitarian needs", there was a second attack on the place where people were sheltering.

Zelensky initially put the death toll at 18, but Ukraine's state emergencies service DSNS later said 24 people, including two rescuers and four police officers, were confirmed to have been killed.