Zelenskyy says 40 now confirmed dead after ‘insane’ Russian attack on school – as it happened

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy – fresh back from his meetings in Germany yesterday and today – has offered an update on the search and rescue operations after the Russian strike on a school in Komyshuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia region on Monday.

40 people have been confirmed dead, with fears that more than 30 may still be under the rubble, Zelenskyy said.

“Unfortunately, there has been very little reaction from the world to this insane attack. But it, like thousands upon thousands of other war crimes Russia has committed against Ukraine and Ukrainians, demands a strong response. Evil always goes further if it is left unanswered.”