KYIV: Russian shelling kills at least six people and sets buildings on fire in town Kurakhove in the East Ukraine on Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speak.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Zelenskyy’s deputy chief of staff, gives a higher death toll. He said eight people were killed and five injured in the attack, in which a market, bus station, gas station and residential buildings were set on fire.
“terrorists attacked the peaceful town of Kurakhove, Zelenskiy wrote on the Telegram messaging app under a video of buildings engulfed in flames. “Terrorists are inhumane. And they will be held accountable for that.”
Kurakhove is in the Donetsk region, which has seen some of the heaviest fighting since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24. Russia denies intentionally attacking civilians but cities across Ukraine was overrun by Russian forces.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Zelenskyy’s deputy chief of staff, gives a higher death toll. He said eight people were killed and five injured in the attack, in which a market, bus station, gas station and residential buildings were set on fire.
“terrorists attacked the peaceful town of Kurakhove, Zelenskiy wrote on the Telegram messaging app under a video of buildings engulfed in flames. “Terrorists are inhumane. And they will be held accountable for that.”
Kurakhove is in the Donetsk region, which has seen some of the heaviest fighting since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24. Russia denies intentionally attacking civilians but cities across Ukraine was overrun by Russian forces.
