60 feared dead in Ukraine’s east Luhansk region after Russian air strike levels village school

A school in eastern Ukraine has been destroyed by Russian bombing. According to the governor of the Luhansk region, where the school of Bilogorivka village is located, up to 60 people hiding in the school are feared dead, including many civilians. Governor Serhiy Haidai said the school was hit on the morning of May 8, 2022, and that a fire that followed made it unlikely anyone survived apart from the 30 that have already been rescued. As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its third month, vast areas of Ukraine’s east have come under an intensified Russian assault ahead of Russia’s May 9 Victory Day, a militaristic holiday commemorating the Soviet Union’s defeat of the Nazis in World War II.