The Bilohorivka school housed 90 people. According to local government, there are seven people injured in the attack.
A Russian missile strike destroyed a school in Bilohorivka, Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine. The governor of Luhansk Serhii Haidain 30 people have been rescued from the ruins, seven of whom have been injured.
Those left in the ruins are feared dead.
– The fire was not extinguished until almost four hours later. When the rubble was cleared, two bodies were found, Haidai communicated through the Telegram service.
– 30 people were evacuated from the ruins, seven of whom were injured. 60 people are very likely to have died in the rubble.
The village of Shypilovo, near Bilohorivka, was also thought to have claimed victims after an airstrike hit a house of 11 people.
Data could not be verified from independent sources.
There have been heavy fighting in the Luhansk region.