Russian missiles destroy hotel and apartments in Pokrovsk, Ukraine says
“We are resuming clearing the rubble. At night, we were forced to suspend work due to the high threat of repeated shelling,” Klymenko said on the Telegram messaging app.Two missiles hit the center of Pokrovsk within 40 minutes of each other, witnesses said. Pictures posted by officials showed that the hotel, in the center of the city, suffered a direct hit, with several floors missing.Residents said the Druzhba Hotel was popular with journalists, aid workers and the military.
In his evening address, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia used Iskander ballistic missiles to attack “usual residential buildings” in Pokrovsk.Witnesses told a Reuters cameraman that responders to the first strike were killed and injured in the second strike. Two rescuers were among the dead, they said. The interior ministry said that 29 police officers and seven rescuers were injured. Two children and 29 civilians were also among the wounded.
Kateryna, a 58-year-old resident of Pokrovsk, was at home when she heard the first blast. She told a relative who called to check on her that she was all right but then the block was hit in a second blast.
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