Two Russian missiles hit the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk within 30 to 40 minutes of each other, killing seven people, including an emergency worker who was responding to the first strike
The bombardment began at 7:15 p.m. local time on Monday , a local military leader said, when a short-range ballistic missile hit what President Volodymyr Zelensky called an “ordinary residential building” in the eastern Ukrainian city. First responders arrived on the scene to treat the wounded and dig people out from under the rubble, only to be targeted themselves.
Another clip showed emergency officials working through the smoke-filled, hazy ruins after what seemed to be one of the missile attacks. Authorities said the blast radius of the two strikes was “very large,” shattering at least 2,000 windows across the city and damaging residences, shops, administrative buildings and a popular hotel. Photographs shared by Ukrainian officials showed the hotel with several floors completely missing. Debris cleanup had resumed by Tuesday morning.
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