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Sam Elliott-Gibbs & Hannah Mackenzie Wood

Russia accused of bombing nursery as bodies seen next to slides and sandbox

Vladimir Putin has been accused of bombing a nursery as more devastating footage emerged yesterday of air strikes on Ukraine.

The shocking drone footage appears to show a kindergarten, called the Sunshine nursery, with bodies strewn outside in the eastern city of Okhtyrka.

Slides and a sandbox in an outdoor play area can be seen in the video as missiles continue to be launched on the area, the Mirror reports.

Bodies of two adults appear to be covered in blood, with other people at their side.

The horrifying clip follows another video which appears to show a cancer centre being targeted within the premises of a hospital in Melitopol.

Another shows a Russian strike on a building that partly explodes into a fireball shortly after.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Russain shelling of a hospital was "beyond evil".

He said in a tweet: "Consider this: Putin has launched a massive war of aggression in Europe during a still raging pandemic.

Russian forces have been accused of bombing a nursery. (Twitter)

"On top of that, Russians bomb Ukrainian hospitals now.

“This is beyond evil. The only moral choice any government can make now is to support Ukraine by all means."

Drone footage shows two bodies outside the building. (Twitter)

Kuleba accused Russia of war crimes after earlier reports of attacks on orphanages and nurseries.

He promised Ukraine would send evidence of the attacks to The Hague.

"Today’s Russian attacks on a kindergarten and an orphanage are war crimes and violations of the Rome Statute," Dmytro Kuleba tweeted, referring to the agreement that established the International Criminal Court.

"Together with the General Prosecutor’s Office we are collecting this and other facts, which we will immediately send to the Hague.

"Responsibility is inevitable."

The kindergarten appears to be flying a Ukrainian flag above its doors.

The claim came as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow has called a "special military operation," moved in on the capital city of Kyiv.

The skies in Ukraine were tonight filled with a devastating fireball as Russian missiles targets a fuel depot.

Frightened families watched on in horror in the village of Kulinichi close to Kharkiv city in eastern Ukraine.

The fireball "mushroomed" into the air as Putin celebrated a direct hit.

Kyiv claimed it has left the Russian forces with 2,800 casualties.

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