Three killed in Russian strike on east Ukraine metropolis

KYIV (Reuters) – Three folks have been killed and a minimum of two others wounded after Russian forces struck a residential neighbourhood within the jap Ukrainian metropolis of Kostiantynivka, the regional governor stated on Saturday.

Pavlo Kyrylenko wrote on the Telegram messaging app that 4 residence buildings and a lodge had been broken and that rescuers and police officers have been on the website to “rigorously doc one more crime by the Russian occupiers”.

Earlier on Saturday Kyrylenko stated 4 folks had been killed and a minimum of seven wounded from Russian strikes over the previous 24 hours.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated on Friday the state of affairs on the entrance remained “extraordinarily acute”, notably within the jap Donetsk area the place Russia is stepping up an offensive amid its full-scale invasion, launched final February.

(Reporting by Dan Peleschuk; Enhancing by Alison Williams)