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Four people were killed in a Russian attack on a humanitarian aid distribution point in the southeastern Ukrainian region of Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian officials said on Monday.
The General Prosecutor’s office said it had opened a criminal case into war crimes after the attack on the town of Orikhiv, which it said was carried out on Sunday afternoon.
Regional Governor Yuriy Malashko said a guided aviation bomb was used in the attack on a school building being used as an aid distribution point.
Malashko said on the Telegram messaging app that three women and a man, all in their 40s, had been killed.
![A view shows a building destroyed by a Russian air strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine July 10, 2023.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/2023-07-10T063144Z_1659552190_RC2602AYCYMY_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-ATTACK-ORIKHIV.jpg?w=1024)
The General Prosecutor’s office said 13 had also been wounded.
Images from the scene posted by the interior ministry online showed rubble and debris scattered across a courtyard and street.
Reuters could not independently verify the reports. Russia, which began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, denies deliberately targeting civilians.
Ukraine’s military is conducting a counteroffensive to try to retake Russian-occupied territory in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Reporting by Dan Peleshchuk in Kyiv, additional reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Timothy Heritage
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