Attack comes as Vladimir Putin prepares to publicly sign annexation order for four Ukrainian regions
A civilian convoy of cars heading to pick up relatives trying to flee Russian occupied territory was hit by Russian forces near the city of Zaporizhzhia, with initial reports of dozens of dead and injured. That casualty figure could not immediately be confirmed.
Footage posted on social media showed a horrific scene with dead and injured lying on a road on the south-eastern outskirts of the city. In one video, taken from inside a nearby building, a woman can be heard sobbing, saying repeatedly: ”Dead people are lying there.”
