24 killed after Ukraine evacuation convoy shelled: Governor

Russian forces shelled a civilian evacuation convoy in Ukraine’s northeast killing 24 people on Saturday, Ukrainian officials said.

Bombardments have intensified after Moscow illegally annexed a swath of Ukrainian territory in a sharp escalation of the war.

“In the Kupyansk district, a shot-at convoy of cars containing civilians was found. According to preliminary data, 20 people died in the cars,” Kharkiv Governor Oleg Synegubov said on the Telegram messenger site.

Synegubov put the…