Ukraine: 'Moscow bombs boarding school'
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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Alex Ritson, and in the early hours of Sunday, the 2nd of February, these are our main stories. Ukraine says Moscow has bombed a boarding school in part of Russia held by Kiev. Dozens of elderly Russians are thought to be trapped in the rubble. Canadian officials say new tariffs imposed by the US will come into force on Tuesday. More civilians are fleeing the fighting in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as rebels push towards the city of Bukavu. Also in this podcast... Emotional scenes in Israel as three more hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are freed and reunited with their families. And... High emotion too in the occupied West Bank as more than 180 Palestinian prisoners are released by Israel.
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has accused Russia of bombing a building in Ukrainian-occupied Russia, where dozens of civilians were reportedly sheltering on Saturday night. The Ukrainian military has posted video from the Kursk region. It shows the damaged temporary evacuation shelter. The BBC has not been able to independently verify the material. As we record this podcast, a rescue operation is underway as it's believed there could be almost 100 people trapped under the rubble, including women and children. I got more from our Europe regional editor, Danny Aberhart.
What we know, or according to the Ukrainian military at least, is that there were only civilians sheltering in the building. The Ukrainian military claims that Russia knows that there were only civilians sheltering in the building as well. And one Ukrainian military spokesperson has said 95 people are trapped under the rubble. that there are rescue efforts to try to get them out of the rubble and that groaning and screaming can be heard. Now, the accounts obviously have not been independently verified. So we have seen some pictures, some video and some stills images posted by the Ukrainian military and by President Zelenskyy. It appears to be a school that we can see in Suja, but that has not been absolutely confirmed.
It's certainly a possible candidate. So there's some evidence, but as we speak at the moment, not enough to be conclusive.
Is there any way this could have been a military target, a legitimate military target?
Buildings such as barracks can be used, obviously, for military purposes as well. We know that there is fighting very close to Suja. Suja has been very badly hit in the fighting, and we know that Russia uses guided bombs to target Ukrainian positions. There is at least one pro-Russian military blog that talks of this being actually a strike by Ukraine. alleging that it was an attack from Sumy, which is the Ukrainian region on the other side of the border, you will virtually certainly get very different accounts from Ukraine and from Russia about what happened in this attack.
And the other possibility, I guess, is that it is some kind of accident.
It could be an accident. We just don't know at this stage. Ukraine alleges that Russia has been trying to prevent its own civilians evacuating into Russian controlled areas. Ukraine says that it's happy for Ukraine. such evacuations to take place. That's a very serious accusation.
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