<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Ukraine’s SBU security service said on Saturday at least 20 civilians were killed in the Russian shelling of a civilian convoy in late September in an eastern “grey zone” between Russian-controlled and Ukrainian-controlled territory.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Seven vehicles were hit in shelling between occupied Svatove in Luhansk region and Ukrainian-held Kupiansk which Kyiv recaptured in the Kharkiv region last month, the SBU said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>The SBU published graphic images of destroyed civilian vehicles on a track next to a railway line and what appeared to be the charred remains of people. Two bodies were seated in the driving seats of their cars; one was holding the steering wheel.</div><div><br></div><div>Russian-installed officials in Ukraine’s east accused Kyiv on Thursday of shelling a convoy of refugees being evacuated from the Kharkiv region and killing around 30 civilians, Russian state media reported.</div><div><br></div><div>It was not immediately clear if those officials were referring to the same convoy.</div><div>Reuters could not independently verify the allegations. - Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>