Rescuers work at a site of a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, in the town of Novohrodivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, 30 November 2023;
Credit: Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Donetsk region/Handout via Reuters
KYIV (Reuters) - Ten people were hurt and five appeared under rubble in overnight Russian missile attacks in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, Ukrainian interior minister Ihor Klymenko said on Thursday 30 November 2023.
Russia fired six missiles at three settlements in the region, most of which is occupied by Russian forces, Klymenko said on Telegram messaging app.
"Pokrovsk, Novohrodivka and Myrnohrad came under fire. The shelling injured ten people, including four children. Five more people are being searched for under the rubble," the minister said.
He said among the victims were a family with two children and two thirteen-year-old children. An apartment block, nine private houses, a police station, cars and garages were damaged.
Klymenko said a police paramedic helped a man with an injured baby get out from under the rubble.
Invading Russian forces have occupied much of Donetsk and Russia has said it intends to take over the whole region.
The Ukrainian military said earlier on Thursday its air defence shot down fourteen out of 20 drones in a Russian overnight strike.
