Russian missiles hit a convoy of vehicles carrying Ukrainian civilians near the southern city of Zaporizhzhia on Friday, killing and wounding several people, the regional governor has said. "So far, 23 dead and 28 wounded. All civilians," Starukh wrote on the Telegram messaging app. Starukh said the people in the convoy had planned to travel into Russian-occupied territory to pick up their relatives and then take them to safety. Russia has always denied deliberately targeting civilians during its invasion of Ukraine — which it calls a "special military operation" — although Ukrainian towns and cities have come under frequent attack by Russian forces since the assault began on February 24. A pro-Kremlin official in Zaporizhzhia has denied the Russian army was behind the attack and said it was a "terrorist attack" by Ukrainian forces.

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