Russians strike the town of Lyman with multiple rocket launchers, says regional governor. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LYMAN, Ukraine - Eight people were killed and 13 injured on Saturday in Lyman in eastern Ukraine after the town came under Russian rocket fire, Ukraine’s interior ministry said.
“So far we know about eight dead... The number of injured has increased to 13 people,” the ministry said on social media. The strikes hit around 10am at two intersections that were busy with pedestrians, witnesses told AFP. A residential building, an annex to a printing house and three cars were set on fire in the attack, the ministry said.
AFP journalists arriving on the scene in the afternoon saw three charred vehicles in front of an automobile supply store.“There were explosions everywhere, I didn’t know where to hide,” Ms Nadya Bereinaya, 69, told AFP.Mr Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the Donetsk region where Lyman is located, said “at around 10am, the Russians struck the town with multiple rocket launchers”.
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