Russian forces attacking the port city of Mariupol, Ukraine, have reportedly obliterated a mosque where more than 80 people were sheltering, including children, according to multiple reports.
Ukrainian government officials said that 86 Turkish nationals, including 34 children, were among the people who had sought safety in the mosque, The Independent reported Saturday.
The shelling of the mosque comes as fighting continues northwest of the city and Russian ground forces are now around 25 km (15 miles) from the center of Kyiv, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement.
The statement added that the “staunch resistance” of the Ukrainian air defense forces is “compelling Russia to rely on ‘stand-off’ ammunitions to conduct attacks against targets deep inside Ukraine”.
Read more in The Independent.
