Russian glide bomb attack in eastern Ukraine kills at least 21 people in line to receive pensions

Source: AP

By ILLIA NOVIKOV
Updated 6:10 AM CDT, September 9, 2025

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian glide bomb struck a village in eastern Ukraine as people lined up outside to receive their pensions on Tuesday, killing at least 21 and wounding nearly two dozen others, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a regional official said.

The bomb hit the Donetsk region village of Yarova, Zelenskyy said in a post on Telegram. The village lies less than 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the front line.

It was the latest Russian attack to kill civilians. More than 12,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed in the three-year war, the United Nations says.

With U.S.-led peace efforts making no headway in recent months, Russia has escalated its aerial barrages of Ukraine. On Sunday, Russia hit the capital, Kyiv, with drones and missiles in the largest aerial attack since the war began on Feb. 24, 2022.



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