Russian glide bomb struck pensioners gathered to receive cash pensions in Yarova, killing 23 people including elderly men and women.
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Russian glide bomb struck pensioners gathered to receive cash pensions in Yarova, killing 23 people including elderly men and women.
Russian forces dropped a guided aerial bomb on the village square, killing 25 people
Russian glide bomb strike killed 24 civilians and injured 19 in Yarova while pensions were being distributed
At least 25 people were killed and 18 were injured when Russian forces struck the front-line village of Yarova in Donetsk Oblast on Sept. 9
The bombing took place around 11 a.m. while local residents lined up to receive pensions
The casualties included local pensioners and employees of Ukrposhta, Ukraine's national post service, who were delivering the payments
Two of the injured have been hospitalized
This is not a military operation — this is pure terrorism, said Governor Vadym Filashkin
Russian forces knew exactly where they were hitting, they saw exactly that they were hitting civilians, said President Volodymyr Zelensky
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