Photos: Alleged Russian attack hits school in eastern Ukraine

Not less than one particular person died on Wednesday within the jap Ukrainian city of Mykolaivka, Donetsk Oblast, after a reported Russian assault on a college being utilized by residents as a shelter.

About 15 individuals had been within the basement of the varsity, together with two youngsters and a disabled particular person, on the time of the strike.

A 63-year-old lady, who labored as a guard on the college, was killed.

Rescue employees and firefighters looked for hours for her physique beneath the particles of the constructing. When the rescuers began to dig by the rubble, the sufferer’s daughter ran desperately to the collapsed constructing, whereas family members and buddies pulled her again and tried to consolation her.

Watching the scene was 69-year-old Mykola Moroz, who survived the assault. He had been sleeping within the college for the reason that conflict started in February, as he felt it was a secure place to shelter.

On Wednesday he overslept and didn’t exit to smoke his standard morning cigarette. He mentioned that most likely saved his life.

After listening to the noise of the explosion and feeling its power, he remained within the basement, with a number of others, till firefighters later got here to rescue them.

Mykolaivka is a city positioned about 30km (18.5 miles) from Lyman, a metropolis occupied by the Russians and the place the Ukrainian forces are attempting to advance.