Russia-Ukraine war live: Moscow launches missiles on residential building in city of Pokrovsk, killing seven

Moscow launches missiles on Pokrovsk, killing eight

Two Russian missile strikes on the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, including on a residential building, killed at least eight people and wounded many more, a regional governor said.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Moscow had struck an “ordinary residential building”, publishing footage of a typical Soviet-era five-storey building that had its top floor destroyed. Ukraine said rescue operations were ongoing.

The second missile hit the city 40 minutes after the first, the governor said, killing the first responders.

Pokrovsk lies 70 kilometres (43 miles) north-west of the city of Donetsk, held by Russia, and 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the frontline.

The head of the Donetsk region, Pavlo Kyrylenko, said the strikes damaged two “private sector residential buildings, a hotel, catering establishments, shops and administrative buildings.”