Competing claims emerged over a deadly attack on a boarding school in Sudzha, a city in Russia’s Kursk region that has been under Ukrainian control for five months, with Ukraine and Russia accusing each other of carrying out the strike.

"At the time of the attack, dozens of local residents were inside the building preparing to evacuate," Ukraine's military said on Feb. 1, adding that nearly 95 people could be trapped under the rubble.

Ukraine’s General Staff says attack killed four, while Russian Foreign Ministry blames countries supplying Kyiv with weapons - Anadolu Ajansı

The Ukrainian army said four people were killed and dozens - many of them elderly - were injured in the town of Sudzha in the Kursk region, which has been under Ukrainian control

Ukrainian forces on Sunday launched a new offensive inside Russia's western Kursk border region, going on the attack with substantial forces.

In a statement, Zelenskyy emphasised that the Russian authorities struck the building despite the fact that dozens of citizens seeking shelter in the building were from Russia