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At least eight people were killed in a Russian attack on a bus stop in the Ukrainian city of Toretsk, in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine controlled by kyiv, regional authorities said on Thursday.
The attack also caused four injured, including three childrenaccording to information from regional authorities, quoted by the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform.
According to the head of the regional military administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko, the attack occurred around 11:00 local time (9:00 in Lisbon), and among the injured was the priest of a nearby church, which was also damaged, along with other houses. nearby buildings. .
Donetsk regional authorities had previously reported eight attacks in the towns of Bakhmut, Marinka and Shevchenko, in which three civilians were killed and five others wounded.
The Ukrainian army has been trying to contain the Russian advance in this eastern region and in the south.
Ukrinform also mentions that there have been new missile strikes in the northwestern Kharkov region, as well as on the outskirts of the central city of Zaporizhia, in which it is located. Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.
Two missiles hit apartment buildings in Zaporizhia and other civilian targets, the news agency said based on information from the city hall.
The nuclear plant has been under Russian military control since March, a situation that has caused frequent alerts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), whose experts do not have access to the site.
IAEA warns of growing danger at Zaporizhia NPP
Source: Observadora
