RUSSIAN ARMY SHELLED EASTERN UKRAINE, KILLING SEVERAL PEOPLE

Sun 10 July 2022:

A five-story apartment building in the Donetsk region of Ukraine was hit by Russian Uragan rockets, killing at least 15 people and leaving another two dozen feared trapped. Local authorities reported that search and rescue efforts are in progress. Approximately 24 more individuals may still remain under the rubble, according to reports.

The strike on the apartment complex happened on Saturday night in the village of Chasiv Yar, according to Donetsk Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko.

Andriy Yermak said in a Telegram post that the strike was “another terrorist attack” and that Russia should be designated as a state sponsor of terrorism as a result. Yermak is the chief of staff to President Volodymyr Zelensky.

⚡️Death toll in Russian missile attack on Chasiv Yar rises to 15.

According to the State Emergency Service, five other people were injured as a result of the Russian missile strike on a five-story residential building in the city of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, on July 9. pic.twitter.com/4GofSXhroH

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) July 10, 2022

A local resident who has been identified as Ludmila said, “We ran to the basement, there were three hits, the first somewhere in the kitchen. The second, I do not even remember, there was lightning, we ran towards the second entrance and then straight into the basement. We sat there all night until this morning.”

Another survivor, who gave her name as Venera, said she had wanted to save her two kittens. “I was thrown into the bathroom, it was all chaos, I was in shock, all covered in blood,” she said, crying. “By the time I left the bathroom, the room was full up of rubble, three floors fell down. I never found the kittens under the rubble.”

The Donetsk region was under persistent shelling, while Russian ground attacks were all but paused, the Ukrainian army general staff said Sunday.

On Saturday, three people were killed and a further 23 injured by shelling in Donetsk, governor Kyrylenko said.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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