Eight individuals have been killed and 13 injured on Saturday in Lyman in japanese Ukraine after the city got here underneath Russian rocket fireplace, Ukraine’s inside ministry stated.

“So far we know about 8 dead… The number of injured has increased to 13 people,” the ministry stated on social media.

A residential constructing, an annexe to a printing home and three automobiles have been set on fireplace within the assault, it stated.

Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the Donetsk area the place Lyman is situated, stated “at around 10:00 am, the Russians struck the town with multiple rocket launchers”.

Lyman, a significant rail hub, was initially captured by Russian forces however then re-taken by Ukraine’s military in October.

Ukraine has reported Russian offensive operations within the space this week.

In the Russian-controlled city of Oleshky in southern Ukraine, an emergency providers official was quoted by TASS information company as saying two civilians have been killed by Ukrainian fireplace in a single day.

Ukrainian forces final month started a counteroffensive to take again Russian-controlled territory within the east and south of the nation.

Facing highly effective Russian defensive traces, they’ve solely recaptured a number of hundred sq. kilometres and round a dozen villages after greater than a month.