Horror moment Russian shell kills six civilians as they queue to receive humanitarian aid at a post office

HORROR video shows the moment a Russian shell hits a queue of civilians, killing six of them, as they queued to get humanitarian aid.

The footage shows residents of the eastern city of Kharkiv in a line at the post office when suddenly there is an explosion by a car.

The attack on the civilians is the latest outrage committed by Vladimir Putin’s forces in Ukraine.

Terrified people can be seen running for their lives after the blast, with bodies seen lying on the ground.

One harrowing picture shows the body of a dead man being lifted into an ambulance by paramedics.

Regional governor Oleg Synyegubov confirmed the atrocity, which took place on March 24, in a social media post.

"The Russians fired long-range weapons at a Nova Poshta office, near where Kharkiv residents were receiving aid," he wrote referring to a local postal delivery service.

"Preliminary information suggests six civilians were killed and 15 others were injured and hospitalised."

It comes as least 300 people are said to have died in the Mariupol theatre bombing after Putin's savage troops blitzed women and kids cowering for safety.

Up to 1,200 terrified people were sheltering in the drama theatre in the southern port when it was attacked by the Russians earlier this month.

The building was attacked despite the word "children" being written outside the building.

The historic building was being used as a safe haven from Russia's relentless shelling of the city, with meals being provided and people sleeping there overnight.

After 10 desperate days of rescuing survivors from the rubble, Mariupol City Council has now confirmed at least 300 people are thought to have died in the horror bombing - the biggest single loss of life in the war so far.

It comes as...

• At least 300 people died after a theatre in Mariupol was shelled last week, Ukrainian authorities have claimed
• A terrified Russian soldier has revealed they expected the war to be over in two weeks, in an intercepted phone call to his gran
• In a further blow to Putin, Ukraine has reportedly pushed Russian troops out of the capital Kyiv
• US President Joe Biden has warned Nato WILL respond if Russia uses chemical weapons in Ukraine
• A Ukrainian refugee has given a heartbreaking account of how she dodged bodies as Putin's shells landed around her
• Putin's alleged secret family has come to light as he continues his brutal invasion of Ukraine

Satellite images showed the word "children" written in large white letters in Russian outside the front and back of the building, the Maxar space technology company said.

The pilot of the Russian aircraft who ignored the warning signs was branded a monster by Ukraine.

Drone footage shows Mariupol almost completely razed, yet 100,000 are living among the rubble.

Despite the slaughter hundreds of Ukrainians have been queuing for humanitarian aid in the bombed out city.

They were risking death in a desperate bid to get food and water against a background of bombed blocks of flats.

Russian soldiers stood nearby as besieged residents sought help in a city normally home to 400,000.