Ukraine's national police released bodycam footage on Wednesday showing the moments before and during a deadly Russian strike on a village in the Zaporizhzhia region that killed at least 42 people, with dozens still missing.
The footage shows widespread devastation following the first bomb strike on the village of Kamyshuvakha, with shocked local residents staring at the rubble and severely damaged buildings visible in the background.
A military official is then heard on a two-way radio warning police on the ground that more glide bombs were being launched toward the area.
"Quickly [go] to the shelter!" one of the police officers tells local residents, who are seen walking into the shelter, at least two floors underground.
Seconds later, the shelter is hit and the recording stops.
Ukraine said the shelter was located near a local school that was being used to distribute humanitarian aid. The attack took place on November 2.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a social media post on Wednesday that "nine aerial bombs were dropped by the Russians."
"First, they hit people who came to receive humanitarian aid, and then rescuers and police officers who arrived at the scene," he added.
Zelensky described the strike as "yet another" of "thousands" of war crimes committed by Russia, and lamented that "unfortunately, there has been very little reaction from the world to this insane attack."
The attack is being described as one of the deadliest strikes on civilians this year. It came one day after a brief US-brokered local ceasefire expired.
Ukraine's state emergencies service also released separate footage showing a large crater left by the strike at the site.
The video released by police was confirmed to have been filmed at the same location as footage from the state emergencies service showing the aftermath of Monday's attack in Kamyshuvakha.
The Russian military has not publicly commented on the strike.
Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The attack occurred less than a week before the United States is due to bring together Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Abu Dhabi for talks on ending the war, now in its fifth year. The trilateral negotiations are scheduled for November 10 and 11.
Zelensky, who is currently making a surprise visit to Spain, said he spoke "in great detail for an hour-and-a-half" with US President Donald Trump's peace envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner ahead of the Abu Dhabi talks.
His team also held a separate meeting in Brussels with representatives from the United States, the European Union, France, Britain, Germany, as well as NATO and the World Bank, focused on post-war reconstruction. Zelensky said the meeting in the Belgian capital would continue on Thursday to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine.
Analysts expect no major breakthrough when the talks resume in the UAE capital. Since trilateral talks aimed at ending the war were suspended in February, Moscow has stepped up its attacks as Kyiv has virtually exhausted its supply of Western-provided interceptors used to defend against missiles.
