KYIV: Six civilians killed and eight wounded in Russian shelling on Kostiantynivka in the East Ukraine on Sunday morning, a senior Ukrainian official said.
Kostiantynivka, home to about 70,000 people before the war, is just 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) west BakhmutThe focus of the fighting for at least eight months as Russian forces tried to capture the city.
“The Russians conducted a large-scale shelling of the town of Kostiantynivka,” Andriy YermakChief of staff to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said on telegraphy messaging app.
He said 16 apartment buildings, eight private houses, a kindergarten and an administrative building were damaged.
Yermak added photos showing partial destruction of buildings and craters due to the explosions.
Kostiantynivka, home to about 70,000 people before the war, is just 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) west BakhmutThe focus of the fighting for at least eight months as Russian forces tried to capture the city.
“The Russians conducted a large-scale shelling of the town of Kostiantynivka,” Andriy YermakChief of staff to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said on telegraphy messaging app.
He said 16 apartment buildings, eight private houses, a kindergarten and an administrative building were damaged.
Yermak added photos showing partial destruction of buildings and craters due to the explosions.
