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Russian missile attack kills 11 in Pokrovsk in Ukraine’s east: Governor

Rescuers work at the site of a Russian missile strike in an area of the Pokrovsk town, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine on 6th January, 2024.

Reuters A Russian missile strike killed 11 people on Saturday in and around the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, the Governor of the Ukrainian-controlled part of Donetsk region said. “Eleven dead, including five children – these are the consequences for now of strikes on Pokrovsk district,” Vadym Filashkin wrote on the Telegram messaging app. Rescuers […]

Russian missile strikes kill two, wound 10 in east Ukraine, Kyiv says

Rescuers work at a site of a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Novohrodivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine on 30th November, 2023

Kyiv, UkraineReuters Two people were killed, 10 were wounded and a family of three were believed to be still trapped under rubble following overnight Russian missile attacks in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday. Earlier, officials had said one person was killed after six missiles struck the three settlements of Pokrovsk, Novohrodivka […]

Ukraine says Russian missile strikes on apartment buildings kill five in east

A view shows a building destroyed during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on 7th August, 2023.

Kyiv, UkraineReuters Two Russian missile strikes killed five people and injured 31 when they hit residential buildings in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Monday. A view shows a building destroyed during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Pokrovsk, Donetsk […]

Volunteers evacuate the elderly from Ukraine’s Bakhmut, fearing Russian advance

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Bakhmut, UkraineReuters Since Sievierodonetsk fell to Russian troops Ukrainian volunteer Eduard Skoryk has been getting more calls to evacuate frail and elderly people from Bakhmut, 70 kilometres away, who fear their city in eastern Ukraine may be next.  Tamara Kanonchenko, 81, is helped by volunteers from the organisation Vostok SOS during the evacuation of civilians […]