Russian strikes kill 9 in southern and eastern Ukraine

Russian strikes Tuesday killed at least 9 civilians in southern and Japanese Ukraine, local officers said.

Three people died and 7 others have been wounded, of them seriously, in a bombing inside the eastern city of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second town, nearby governor Oleg Synegubov wrote on the Telegram messaging provider.

“We urge residents to be very careful and if possible to remain in the shelters,” he said.

Another three bodies were pulled from the rubble of a building in the eastern town of Popasna, Lugansk governor Sergiy Gaiday wrote on Telegram.

“They were hiding in the basement from Russian missiles. The building was hit. The walls.. collapsed into the basement,” he said.

Another two people were killed and six others wounded in the eastern Donetsk region, governor Pavlo Kyrylenko wrote on Telegram.

“In Avdiivka, Russian forces carried out air strikes. The main hospital, a school and residential buildings were hit,” he said.

In Zaporizhzhia, one person was killed and another wounded when missiles hit a business in the southern city, the regional authorities wrote on Telegram.

“This morning two Russian guided missiles struck the heart of a business in the town. The third missile exploded in mid-flight. The premises were badly damaged.”