{"id":21344,"date":"2022-05-08T20:52:18","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T20:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=21344"},"modified":"2022-05-08T20:52:18","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T20:52:18","slug":"ukraine-war-dozens-feared-dead-after-bomb-hits-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2022\/05\/08\/ukraine-war-dozens-feared-dead-after-bomb-hits-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine war: Dozens feared dead after bomb hits school"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dozens of people are feared dead after a bomb hit a school in east Ukraine, where government forces are battling Russian troops and separatists.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Luhansk region’s governor, Serhiy Haidai, confirmed two deaths, saying 60 people were feared dead under the rubble of the school in Bilohorivka.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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About 90 people had been sheltering in the building and 30 were rescued, seven of them wounded, he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Haidai said a Russian plane had dropped the bomb on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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His accusation could not be verified independently and there was no immediate response from Russia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Luhansk has seen fierce combat as Russian troops and separatist fighters seek to surround government forces, just over two months since the start of the Russian invasion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Much of Luhansk, which along with Donetsk forms part of the Donbas region, has been under the control of the separatists for the past eight years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Bilohorivka is close to the government-held city of Severodonetsk, where\u00a0heavy fighting was reported in the suburbs on Saturday<\/a>. One Ukrainian newspaper, Ukrayinska Pravda, says the village became a “hot spot” during fighting last week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The blast brought down the building which caught fire and it took firefighters three hours to extinguish the blaze, according to the governor,\u00a0writing on Telegram.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He said almost the entire village had been sheltering in the basement of the school.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The final death toll would only be known when the rubble had been cleared, the governor said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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