Ukraine war: At least 15 killed in Russian attack on apartment complex in Donetsk | World News
At least 15 people were killed when a Russian missile destroyed an apartment building in a town in eastern Ukraine.
The governor of the Donetsk region, Pavlo Kyrylenko, said more than 20 people could be trapped in the rubble of a five-story building in the town of Chasiv Yar.
Saturday night’s rocket attack marked the latest in a recent series of high-fatal attacks on civilian structures.
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Pictures from the scene showed rescue services searching through the rubble with tractors and other machinery.
Kyrylenko said the town of about 12,000 people was hit by a Uragan missile, which was mounted on and fired from a truck.
The town of Chasiv Yar is about 20 kilometers southeast of Kramatorsk, a city that is expected to become a prime target for Russian troops as they advance west.
Russia has repeatedly stated that it only attacks targets of military value during the war.
Attacks on civilian areas
The aftermath of the attack in Chasiv Yar
At the end of June, at least 19 people died when a Russian missile hit a shopping mall in the city of Kremenchuk, and 21 people were killed when an apartment building and entertainment complex were hit by rockets in the southern part of the city. south Odesa this month.
The Donetsk region is one of two provinces that together with Luhansk make up the Donbas region, where separatist rebels have been fighting Ukrainian forces since 2014.
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Last week, Russia captured the city of Lysychansk, the last major stronghold of the Ukrainian resistance in Luhansk.
After capturing Lysychansk, some analysts predict that Moscow’s troops will take some time to rearm and regroup.
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While Russia and Ukraine blamed each other for the killing of civilians in the Donbas region, Moscow voted to continue the war in the region.
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Russia’s ambassador to the UK said his country was unlikely to withdraw from Ukraine’s southern coast.
Andrei Kelin said: “We will liberate all Donbas.
“Of course it is difficult to predict the withdrawal of our forces from the southern part of Ukraine because we have experienced that after the withdrawal, provocations begin and all the people are shot and all those things.”
