At least 25 killed in an attack on a humanitarian convoy in Zaporizhia

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A civilian convoy of vehicles that was going to pick up relatives fleeing from the Russian-occupied territories was bombed this Friday in Zaporizhia, leaving at least 25 people dead and

, including children.

Some sources speak of 62 hospitalized.

"

," Oleksandr Staruj, head of the military administration of that region, in southern Ukraine, wrote on Telegram, "Burn in hell," that message continued.

The images spread on social networks showed dramatic scenes, with corpses lying on the ground and cars destroyed by the force of the explosion.

Apparently, the convoy was bombed several times.

Previously, Staruj had already reported the attack on the humanitarian convoy.

"The enemy shelled a civilian humanitarian convoy at the exit of the regional center with missiles. People were lining up to leave for the temporarily occupied territory to

," he wrote.

He stressed that the scene of the attack had already been attended by rescue teams, doctors and the necessary services.

Ukrainian President

reacted to what happened with a message on Telegram.

"The occupants fired 16 rockets in one morning in the Zaporizhia district alone. Only complete terrorists can do this, who should have no place in the civilized world.

for our steadfastness and its failures. It cynically destroys to peaceful Ukrainians, because he lost everything human long ago. Bloodthirsty scum. He will definitely answer for every Ukrainian life lost," he wrote.

This attack occurs on the same day that Russian President

is expected to officially sign a declaration of annexation of four Ukrainian territories (after several referendums branded as "illegal" by all Western countries and by Ukraine), among which is the Zaporizhia region.

Meanwhile, a Russian government official in Zaporizhia accused Ukrainian forces of the attack.

"The kyiv regime is trying to portray what happened as a shelling by Russian troops, resorting to a heinous provocation," Vladimir Rogov, a regional occupation official, said on Telegram.

"Ukrainian fighters committed another terrorist act," he added.

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