Five people were killed and 15 others were wounded after Russian attacks on Saturday and overnight in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, its governor said.
Shortly after Donetsk Governor Vadym Filashkin announced the casualties on Sunday, other local Ukrainian officials said Russian strikes wounded more civilians in the east and south.
At least eight people were wounded after Moscow’s forces struck the eastern Ukrainian city of Nikopol on Sunday, local governor Serhii Lysak said. He said a baby and a 10-year-old girl were among the victims. The six injured are in the hospital.
Russian strikes on Sunday also wounded eight other civilians, including a 10-year-old boy and two teenagers, in a village in Ukraine’s Kherson region, local official Roman Mrochko said.
Russia began its aggression in Ukraine in February 2022, forcing millions of people to flee to neighboring countries. Taking control of all of Donetsk is one of the main goals of the Kremlin’s war./VOA
