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- 0:00Speaker 1: At least 26 people have been killed and five others
- 0:03Speaker 1: hospitalized following a devastating double-tap Russian aerial bomb attack on
- 0:08Speaker 1: a humanitarian distribution center and public shelter in the southeastern
- 0:13Speaker 1: Ukrainian village of Kamyshivka, located in the Zaporozhye region near
- 0:18Speaker 1: active front lines. The village school building had been repurposed
- 0:22Speaker 1: as a weekly distribution hub and primary emergency shelter where
- 0:26Speaker 1: local residents regularly gathered to receive essential aid packages and
- 0:31Speaker 1: medical supplies. State emergency services confirmed that the dead include
- 0:35Speaker 1: two rescue crew members and four police officers who were
- 0:39Speaker 1: struck while attempting to extract survivors from the initial blast site.
- 0:43Speaker 1: According to Ukrainian military authorities, Russian forces launched the initial
- 0:48Speaker 1: strike using heavy guided aerial bombs just as dozens of
- 0:52Speaker 1: local civilians were arriving to collect basic provisions. A targeted
- 0:57Speaker 1: second wave of strikes followed shortly after emergency personnel arrived,
- 1:01Speaker 1: directly striking the shelter facility where wounded civilians and rescue
- 1:05Speaker 1: workers had sought refuge. Local government representatives stressed that Russian
- 1:11Speaker 1: military reconnaissance assets had monitored the area and were fully
- 1:15Speaker 1: aware of the routine weekly schedule for civilian food and
- 1:19Speaker 1: aid distribution at the facility. Search and rescue teams continued
- 1:24Speaker 1: working through the night to clear fallen concrete slabs and
- 1:27Speaker 1: heavy structural debris, operating under severe hazards as secondary Russian
- 1:32Speaker 1: reconnaissance and strike drones repeatedly targeted the immediate vicinity. Regional
- 1:38Speaker 1: authorities report that dozens of individuals remain unaccounted for beneath
- 1:42Speaker 1: the collapsed building, prompting grave concerns from local officials that
- 1:47Speaker 1: the total fatality count will rise significantly as heavy equipment
- 1:51Speaker 1: clears the main rubble field. The deadly assault in Kamyshevka
- 1:55Speaker 1: occurred immediately following the expiration of a limited six-day local
- 2:00Speaker 1: humanitarian ceasefire intended to facilitate critical aid deliveries and civilian
- 2:05Speaker 1: evacuations in neighboring frontline districts. Ukrainian leadership strongly condemned the
- 2:11Speaker 1: targeted attack on a known humanitarian asset as an intentional
- 2:15Speaker 1: act of terror. warning international allies that Russia continues to
- 2:20Speaker 1: reject diplomatic de-escalation in favor of escalating civilian destruction along
- 2:25Speaker 1: the southern front line.