Sixty feared dead as Russia bombs school

As many as 60 people were feared to have been killed in the Russian bombing of a village school in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk the regional governor said on Sunday Governor Serhiy Gaidai said Russian forces dropped a bomb on Saturday afternoon on the school in Bilohorivka where about 90 people were sheltering causing a fire that engulfed the buildingldquoThe fire was extinguished after nearly four hours then the rubble was cleared and unfortunately the bodies of two people were foundrdquo Gaidai wrote on the Telegram messaging appBono Irish singeractivist and lead vocalist of rock band U2 performs at a subway station which is a bomb shelter in Kyiv on SundayThirty people were evacuated from the rubble seven of whom were injured Sixty people were likely to have died under the rubble of buildingsrdquoUkraine and its Western allies have accused Russian forces of targeting civilians in the war which Moscow denies In the ruined port city of Mariupol scores of civilians have been evacuated from a steel plant in a weeklong operation brokered by United Nations and International Committee of the Red Cross ICRCA museum employee touches the sculpture of Ukrainian philosopher Hryhorri Skovoroda removed from the destroyed Hryhoriy Skovoroda National Literary Memorial Museum in the village of Skovorodynivka in Kharkiv on SaturdayUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an address late on Saturday that more than 300 civilians had been rescued from the Azovstal steelworksZelensky said on Sunday evil has returned to Ukraine as he gave an emotional address for Victory Day when Europe commemorates formal surrender of Germany to the Allies in World War Two The life that soldiers fought for in that war came to an end on Feb 24 when Russia invaded he said in a video message ldquoThe evil has returned Againrdquo Zelensky said ldquoIn a different form under different slogans but for the same purposerdquo But he said Ukraine and its allies will win ldquoNo evil can escape responsibility it cannot hide in a bunkerrdquo he added Nazi leader Adolf Hitler spent the last days of his life in a bunker in Berlin where he committed suicideAn employee collects surviving books from the museum in the 17th century manor house where Skovoroda lived that was destroyed after a Russian missile hit PicsAFPUkrainian leaders warned that attacks would only worsen in the leadup to Victory Day Russian President Vladimir Putin is believed to want to proclaim some kind of triumph in Ukraine when he addresses the troops on Red Square on Monday Jill Biden in UkraineUS first lady Jill Biden made an unannounced visit to Uzhhorod in Ukraine on Sunday and met first lady Olena Zelenska Biden met Ukrainersquos first lady Zelenska at a converted school that now serves as temporary housing for displaced citizens 300No of civilians rescued from the Azovstal steelworksUkrainian fighters vow not to surrenderEvacuation efforts will focus on getting the wounded and medics out of the bombedout Azovstal steelworks after all women children and elderly trapped in the plant were rescued said Ukrainersquos President Volodymyr Zelensky Ukrainian resistance fighters in the plant have vowed not to surrender and Russian forces are seeking to declare a victory in time for Mondayrsquos Victory Day celebrations in Moscow which commemorate when the Soviet Union triumphed over Nazi Germany in World War TwoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever