A Ukrainian official said Russian shelling had killed five civilians in the past 24 hours and wounded 21 others in eastern Donetsk province, where Russia has stepped up its offensive in recent days.
Donetsk Governor Pavlo Kirilenko said in a Telegram post on Wednesday morning that two people were killed in Avdiivka, one in Slavyansk, one in Krasnogorovka and one in Kurakhovo.
“Every crime will be punished,” he wrote.
On Tuesday, Kirilenko urged more than 350,000 residents of the province to flee, saying the evacuation of people from Donetsk was necessary to save lives and allow the Ukrainian army to better defend the cities from the Russian advance.
Russian forces also hit Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city further north, with rocket strikes overnight, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleg Sinegubov said on Telegram on Wednesday.
Three areas of the city were targeted, Sinegubov said, and a university building was destroyed, as was an administrative building. Three people, including a small child, were injured, according to the governor.
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