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Five children among 11 people killed by Russian strike on Pokrovsk

Six cottages were destroyed in the town's residential neighbourhood.

Five children among 11 people killed by Russian strike on Pokrovsk
Photo: Donetsk regional military administration

Russian troops launched a missile attack on Pokrovsk District, Donetsk Region. According to preliminary reports, 11 people were killed, including five children. Eight more people were injured, the head of the regional military administration, Vadym Filashkin, has said.

"Eleven killed, including five children – these are the preliminary consequences of the strikes on Pokrovsk District. Russians hit the area with S-300 missiles, killing 11 people and wounding eight others. The main impact was on Pokrovsk and Rivne in the Myrnohrad community," Filashkin said on Telegram.

Earlier he said that six people were wounded and that one person was rescued from the rubble of a house.

"In Rivne of the Myrnohrad community, Russians hit a house with a family of six, we are establishing the circumstances of the attack," added Filashkin.

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