A Russian airstrike killed over 23 civilians who were collecting their pensions in a village in eastern Ukraine, local authorities said on Tuesday (September 9).

The Donetsk regional military administration released video footage showing the head of the Lyman military administration, Oleksandr Zhuravlyov, walking past dead bodies on the ground in the village of Yarova.

It is located about 15 miles (24 km) from the city of Sloviansk and several kilometres behind the front line.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy called for pressure by Kyiv's allies on Russia, whose forces have pressed a grinding offensive across much of the eastern Donetsk region as diplomatic efforts to end the three and a half-year-old war have largely stalled.

Moscow has denied targeting civilians, but tens of thousands have died since its full-scale invasion in February 2022.

Ukraine's human rights commissioner, Dmytro Lubinets, said the attack was "yet another confirmation of systemic terror against the civilian population of Ukraine."

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REFILE: Ukraine releases video of deadly Russian strike aftermath in Donetsk region

VIDEO SHOWS: AFTERMATH OF STRIKE, LOCAL RESIDENT TALKING WHILE WALKING PAST AFTERMATH

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SHOWS: YAROVA, DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE (RELEASED SEPTEMBER 9, 2025) (ORIGINALLY FILMED IN PORTRAIT)(DONETSK REGIONAL MILITARY ADMINISTRATION - Access all)

1. TWO BODIES ON GROUND (BLURRED AT SOURCE)

2. (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) HEAD OF LYMAN MILITARY ADMINISTRATION, OLEKSANDR ZHURAVLYOV, SAYING (STARTS OVER BLURRED SHOT OF AFTERMATH):

"Today is September 9, it's 10:40 a.m. (0740GMT), an attack happened (CONTINUES OVER SHOT OF ZHURAVLYOV TALKING TO CAMERA). The village of Yarova. 20 civilians died. And there are more than 7 injured (CAMERA PANS TO BODY ON GROUND AND FALLEN TREE)."

3. POLICE OFFICER AND LOCAL RESIDENTS AT SCENE / AFTERMATH (BLURRED AT SOURCE) / VEHICLE AND BODIES IN FRONT OF IT, FURTHER BODIES NEAR IT (BLURRED AT SOURCE)

4. FALLEN TREE, BODIES (BLURRED AT SOURCE)

5. BLOOD ON GROUND, BICYCLE / AUDIO OF WOMAN CRYING

6. BODY IN FRONT OF VEHICLE (BLURRED AT SOURCE)

7. (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian/Russian) HEAD OF LYMAN MILITARY ADMINISTRATION, OLEKSANDR ZHURAVLYOV, SAYING:

"The Ukrainian post was handing out pensions. (CONTINUES OVER BLURRED SHOT OF BODIES) (Russian) These are the dead, more than 20."