Attack on Ukraine civilian convoy kills 23 ahead of Putin annexation speech

 Ukraine war latest: Attack on Ukraine convoy ahead of Putin's annexation ceremony - BBC News

Attack on Ukraine civilian convoy kills 23 ahead of Putin annexation speech

1. The regional governor in Zaporizhzhia says at least 23 civilians have been killed and dozens injured in a Russian strike on a on a civilian convoy
2. A huge crater next to a row of vehicles in the city testifies to the violence of the attack
3. This comes ahead of President Putin's planned signing ceremony - to annex four more areas of Ukraine - at 13:00 BST
4. He will make a major speech at the Kremlin, and a concert will be held in Moscow's Red Square in the evening
   
   Zaporizhzhia: 'People were screaming and running'. 

A civilian convoy was hit as people were preparing to travel to the Russian-occupied part of the region to pick up their relatives and also deliver humanitarian aid.

The BBC spoke to Kateryna Holoborod, sat on her suitcase in a state of shock.

"We arrived in a line, to join a column going towards Kherson," she says.

"We got out to see what number we had in the queue. Then the first rocket hit, behind the wagons.

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