‘There’s no doubt it’s a war crime’: horror of missile strike on Ukrainian convoy

Blast tore through metal and shattered glass as people queued to travel to Russian-occupied territory

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In the dirt car park of a sprawling car parts market just outside the city of Zaporizhzhia, the bodies told horrific stories of the moment a Russian missile struck a civilian convoy, killing 25 and injuring scores more.

A man in late middle age was slumped inside his car, one hand holding the steering wheel. Not far away, partially covered in a sheet, another person appeared to be kneeling, collapsed next to the wheelie case they had been pulling.