Three individuals had been killed and at the least two others wounded after Russian forces struck a residential neighbourhood within the japanese Ukrainian metropolis of Kostiantynivka, the regional governor mentioned on Saturday.

Pavlo Kyrylenko wrote on the Telegram messaging app that 4 condominium buildings and a resort had been broken and that rescuers and police officers had been on the web site to “carefully document yet another crime by the Russian occupiers”.

Earlier on Saturday Kyrylenko mentioned 4 individuals had been killed and at the least seven wounded from Russian strikes over the previous 24 hours.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned on Friday the state of affairs on the entrance remained “extremely acute”, notably within the japanese Donetsk area the place Russia is stepping up an offensive amid its full-scale invasion, launched final February.