The strike on the apartment complex happened on Saturday night in the village of Chasiv Yar, according to Donetsk Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko. On Sunday afternoon, the local rescue agency reported 15 fatalities, adding that 24 more people might still be trapped beneath the rubble.
Digital Desk: Local authorities said on Sunday that a
five-story apartment building in Ukraine's Donetsk area was struck by Russian
Uragan rockets, resulting in at least 15 deaths and the fear of another 20
being trapped.
Ukraine reportedly reported confrontations with Russian
forces on the east and south fronts, while Moscow said its forces attacked
hangars housing American-made M777 howitzers, a sort of artillery, belonging to
the Ukrainian army near Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region.
The strike on the apartment complex
happened on Saturday night in the village of Chasiv Yar, according to Donetsk
Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko. On Sunday afternoon, the local rescue agency reported
15 fatalities, adding that 24 more people might still be trapped beneath the
rubble.
"We sprinted to the cellar. Three hits were made,
with the first occurring in the kitchen, "A local resident identified only
as Ludmila spoke as rescuers removed a body covered in a white sheet and
cleaned the debris with both their hands and a crane.
"Even the second (strike) I can't even recall.
Lightning was present. We dashed into the basement and then headed for the
second entrance. Up until this morning, we stayed there all night."
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief
of staff, Andriy Yermak, claimed in a Telegram message that the attack was
"another terrorist attack" and that as a result, Russia ought to be
labelled as a state sponsor of terrorism.
Russia,
which claims to be carrying out a "special military operation" to
demilitarise Ukraine, rejects accusations that it intentionally targeted
people.
The
Donbas, an industrial region in eastern Ukraine that has long been Europe's
largest battleground, is made up of the provinces of Luhansk and Donetsk. For
the benefit of the separatists it backs, Russia wants to seize control of the
Donbas.
Moscow claims
that driving the Ukrainian military out of the area is a key component of it’s
over four-month-old "special military operation" to safeguard its own
security. The West refers to this onslaught as an unjustified war.
