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Russian forces struck a dormitory in Kursk, Ukraine claims, targeting civilians. Nearly 100 were under rubble, mostly elderly and infirm.
(Reuters) - Ukraine's military said on Saturday that Russian forces had struck a dormitory housing people preparing for evacuation in a part of Russia's Kursk region held by Ukrainian forces.
The military's general staff issued a statement said that a Russian guided, or glide, bomb had hit the dormitory in the town of Sudzha, on the Ukrainian border, in the late afternoon.
"The strike was deliberate. At the time of the strike, dozens of local residents were inside the building, preparing for evacuation," it said.
"The Russian side was fully aware that only civilians -- local residents, including women and children -- were in the dormitory."
A military spokesperson, Oleksiy Dmytrashkivskyi, had earlier said in a video posted on Facebook that nearly 100 people were under rubble at the site and that moans and cries had been heard.
The spokesperson said the building had housed mostly elderly and infirm people.
Ukrainian forces have held swathes of Kursk region since staging a major cross-border incursion last August.
(Reporting by Ron Popeski, Serhiy Karaziy and Oleksandr Kozhukhar; Editing by Nick Zieminski)
Ukraine's military reported that Russian forces struck a dormitory in the Kursk region, where civilians were preparing for evacuation.
A Russian guided, or glide, bomb was used to hit the dormitory in Sudzha.
At the time of the strike, dozens of local residents, including women and children, were inside the dormitory.
The military spokesperson mentioned that nearly 100 people were trapped under rubble and that cries for help were heard from the site.
Ukrainian forces have held parts of the Kursk region since a significant cross-border incursion last August.
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