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Video. WATCH: Aftermath of deadly drone attack in Ukraine's northeast

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Bulldozers cleared debris from the site of the destroyed school as emergency workers pulled bodies from the rubble.

 Ukraine's Interior Minister says Russia is responsible for the strike but Moscow has denied any involvement.

A Russian drone attack on the city of Romny in Sumy, northeastern Ukraine, struck a local school, killing at least four people and wounding four others on Wednesday, Ukrainian officials said.

The attack killed the principal, his deputy, a secretary and the school librarian, according to a report posted on the official Telegram page of Ukraine’s Minister for Internal Affairs, Ihor Klymenko.

Ukraine's Emergency Service shared footage showing rescuers clearing debris at the site.

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