Ukraine says bodycam video shows deadly Russian double-tap bombing

Meanwhile, a bodycam video has been published by Ukraine police which they say indicates the moments between two powerful Russian bomb strikes that killed at least 40 individuals at an aid centre and a shelter.

Key points

• Russian President Vladimir Putin introduced a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
• Nine gliding bombs, some weighing 3, 000kg, hit the village as individuals had gathered to secure humanitarian aid, Ukraine noted.
• As a search operation continued for the third day, president Volodymyr Zelensky remarked more than 30 residents may still be under the rubble.
• Analysts expect no major breakthrough when the discussions resume in the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
• In a post on social media on Wednesday, Zelensky remarked that nine aerial bombs were dropped by the Russians.

In practice, the footage, from a camera on one of the killed police officers, demonstrates residents of the southern village of Kamyshuvakha going to an underground shelter after the first attack on Monday. Shortly after a blast is heard and flames are seen as the shelter is hit.

Nine gliding bombs, some weighing 3, 000kg, hit the village as individuals had gathered to secure humanitarian aid, Ukraine noted. The bodycam footage was published by Ukraine's national police on Wednesday.

As shocked local residents stare at the rubble, it demonstrates enormous devastation after the first bomb strike on the village in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region. Severely damaged buildings are additionally seen.

Meanwhile, a voice of a military official is then heard on a two-way radio warning police on the ground of more glide bombs being introduced towards Kamyshuvakha.

"Quickly to the shelter!" one of the police officers tells local residents. This person are seen walking into the shelter – at least two floors underground. Seconds afterwards the shelter is hit, and the recording stops.

Ukraine remarked the shelter was near a local school. It was being employed to distribute humanitarian aid.

BBC Verify has confirmed the video was filmed in the same place as footage published by the Ukrainian state emergencies service DSNS showing the aftermath Monday's attack in Komyshuvakha.

"First, they hit people who came to receive humanitarian aid, and then rescuers and police officers who arrived at the scene."

Notably, the Ukrainian president continued that "unfortunately, there has been very little reaction from the world to this insane attack", describing it as yet another of "thousands" of war crimes committed by Russia.

Ukraine's DSNS earlier posted another video showing a massive crater left after the attack on Kamyshuvakha. The Russian military has not publicly commented.

In a separate development on Wednesday, Zelensky remarked he talked "in great detail for an hour-and-a-half" with US President Donald Trump's peace envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner ahead of trilateral negotiations between Ukraine, Russia and the US on 10-11 November in Abu-Dhabi.

As well as Nato and the World Bank regarding "post-war reconstruction", the Ukrainian leader – who is at present making a surprise visit to Spain – additionally noted his team had a separate "meaningful" gathering in Brussels with representatives from the US, the EU, France, Britain, Germany.

He continued that the gathering in Belgium's capital would continue on Thursday to discuss "security guarantees" for Ukraine.

Since the trilateral discussions aimed at ending the war were suspended in February, Moscow has stepped up attacks as Kyiv virtually ran out of Western-supplied interceptors to defend against missiles.

Analysts expect no major breakthrough when the discussions resume in the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Extra reporting Paul Brown, BBC Verify.

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