Russian missiles fall on Ukraine cities as death toll mounts
In Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region, four soldiers and a civilian were killed on Saturday when a Russian bombardment hit a high school.
In Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region, four soldiers and a civilian were killed on Saturday when a Russian bombardment hit a high school in the town of Bervenkove.
Russia’s defence ministry reported a battle for control of two villages near the eastern separatist stronghold of Donetsk and also claimed a missile strike had destroyed an arms and ammunition depot in the Zhytomyr region, west of Kyiv.
In Kharkiv, officials reported 44 artillery strikes and 140 rocket assaults in a single day.
Russian forces have taken control of Slavutych, the town where workers at the Chernobyl nuclear plant live, briefly detaining the mayor, regional Ukrainian authorities said.
Air-raid sirens sounded early Sunday in Kyiv and several other cities.
Ukraine’s defence ministry said its forces had recaptured Trostianets, a town near the Russian border that was one of the first to fall to Russia.
AFP
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