At least five people were killed and a further 15 sustained injuries as a result of Russian shelling in the town of Sloviansk in the Donetsk region on Friday, regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko reported.
The Donetsk region governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said that eight people had been killed and 21 injured in the shelling, Ukrainian national broadcaster Suspilne reports.
Photo: Pavlo Kyrylenko
Seven more people, including one child, are trapped under the rubble.
Senior Ukrainian official Andriy Yermak said that Russian troops had shelled the area adjacent to a local school. At least seven explosions are said to have occurred.
Photo: Pavlo Kyrylenko
The Russian missiles hit three five-storey buildings, two of which then caught fire, Yermak wrote. Several neighbouring buildings were also damaged. Kyrylenko reported that the school had also been hit.
A bomb squad, paramedics, rescuers, and police are working at the site, Kyrylenko said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky commented on the shelling:
“Sloviansk. The invaders brutally shelled the city. Residential buildings were hit. Unfortunately, wounded and dead are reported. The evil state once again demonstrates its essence. Just killing people in broad daylight. Ruining, destroying all life,” he wrote.
Russia has not yet commented on the incident.
