21 people in Ukraine killed by Russian artillery that destroyed school

A couple of Ukrainian soldiers walks hand in hand amid Russian invasion of Ukraine in Kyiv. Picture: SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images

Twenty-one people have been killed by Russian artillery that destroyed a school and a community centre in Merefa, near the northeast city of Kharkiv, officials said.

Merefa Mayor Veniamin Sitov said the attack occurred just before dawn on Thursday.