At least six people were killed and five injured Sunday in a Russian strike on an apartment building in the eastern Ukrainian town of Chasov Yar, a local official said.
Donetsk Governor Pavel Kirilenko said on Telegram that “the rescue operation continues.” “Ambulances managed to get six dead and five injured,” he said, adding that “about 30 people are still under the rubble” of the four-story building that was hit by a Russian Uragan missile. AFP reporters who arrived on the scene after the strike saw a partially collapsed building, rescuers and a bulldozer clearing debris from the area.
The governor pointed out that “rescuers have so far managed to communicate with two people under the rubble.” The predominantly Russian-speaking Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine is a priority target for Moscow, which has announced it has taken control of the Luhansk region following the recent withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the cities of Severodonetsk and Lischansk. According to Kirilenko, 591 civilians have been killed and 1,548 injured in the Donetsk region since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24.
