Russia has aimed artillery and missiles at the same spot it struck minutes earlier, often hitting emergency workers deployed at the scene
The death toll from two Russian missile strikes that hit apartment blocks and other buildings in an eastern Ukrainian city climbed to seven, with 81 people injured, authorities said Tuesday, as officials accused the Kremlin’s forces of targeting rescue workers.
The dead were five civilians, one rescuer and one soldier, Donetsk Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said. The wounded were 39 civilians, including two children; 31 police officers; seven emergency workers; and four soldiers. Kyrylenko said that 12 multi-story buildings were damaged as well as a hotel, a pharmacy, two stores and two cafes.
Russian missiles, drones and artillery have repeatedly struck civilian areas in the war. The Kremlin says its forces target only military assets and claim other damage is caused by debris from Ukrainian air defence weapons. Neither side’s claims can be independently verified.
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