Ukraine says Russian forces kill 7 civilians in evacuation convoy
India Today
Russia-Ukraine war news latest updates: Ukraine claimed that the Russian forces have killed seven civilians in an evacuation convoy who were trying to flee fighting near Kyiv.
Ukraine accused Russian forces on Saturday of killing seven civilians in an attack on women and children trying to flee fighting near Kyiv, and France said Russian President Vladimir Putin had shown he was not ready to make peace.
With Russia's invasion in its third week, the Ukrainian intelligence service said the seven, including one child, were killed as they fled the village of Peremoha and that "the occupiers forced the remnants of the column to turn back."
Ukrainian officials later said the convoy was not traveling along a "green corridor" agreed with Russia when it was struck on Friday, correcting their earlier assertion that it was on such a designated route.
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Reuters was unable immediately to verify the report and Russia offered no immediate comment.
Moscow denies targeting civilians since invading Ukraine on Feb. 24. It blames Ukraine for failed attempts to evacuate civilians from encircled cities, an accusation Ukraine and its Western allies strongly reject.
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