Intense fighting continued in #Vovchansk area, with some reports of #Russia 🇷🇺 losing ground previously gained in the town thanks to #Ukraine 🇺🇦 counterattacks.
The number of people wounded in the Russian Aug. 7 strike against Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, has increased to 88, Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said on national television.
The people who arrived at the site of the first missile strike on a high-rise building in Pokrovsk managed to disperse because information about a possible second strike was received.
UN humanitarian coordinator in #Ukraine on deadly Russian missile strikes on civilian sites in #Pokrovsk
"It is absolutely ruthless to hit the same location twice in the space of minutes, causing death and injury of people who had quickly come to help the survivors"
8 dead & 31 injured as a result of two Ru_SS_ian missile attacks on a residential building in #Pokrovsk, #Ukraine
In the first attack, four civilians were killed. In the second attack, 1 civilian, 1 soldier and 2 emergency workers.
Most of the injured people are police officers and rescue workers who provided help after the first attack
Update: Russian attack on Pokrovsk kills 7, injures 88 (kyivindependent.com)
The number of people wounded in the Russian Aug. 7 strike against Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, has increased to 88, Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said on national television.
People were dispersed to reduce number victims before second attack on Pokrovsk (www.pravda.com.ua)
The people who arrived at the site of the first missile strike on a high-rise building in Pokrovsk managed to disperse because information about a possible second strike was received.