At least 13 dead after Russian rocket attacks

At least 13 dead after Russian rocket attacks

According to official information, at least eleven people were killed in heavy Russian rocket attacks in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv tonight.

Ukrainian military governor Oleh Synyehubov said on Telegram that they were exclusively civilians. Another 35 people were injured.

There were also attacks in the city of Krasnohrad, about 80 kilometers to the southwest. Authorities said two people died and two others were injured. The information cannot be independently verified.

According to authorities, at least three civilians were killed and another six wounded in cities in the neighboring Donetsk region, which are under Ukrainian control. Pro-Russian separatists in the Donetsk region also report deaths and injuries from rocket attacks almost every day – this information also cannot be independently verified.