Russian attacks on south, east Ukraine kill 10

KYIV: Russian strikes on a southern Ukrainian town and villages in the embattled Donetsk region killed 10 people on Saturday, Kyiv said.

The attacks came after months of Ukrainian forces being on the back foot militarily, with Moscow launching several offensives in recent weeks. The head of the southern Zaporizhzhia region, Ivan Fedorov, said an attack on the town of Vilniansk killed six civilians. “Russians attacked the town of Vilniansk in Zaporizhzhia district. Preliminarily, six civilians and eight residents were wounded,” Fedorov said on social media.

“A critical infrastructure facility, a shop and residential buildings were damaged,” he added. Vilniansk lies 29 kilometres (18 miles) north-east of the city of Zaporizhzhia, the main regional city which is under Ukrainian control.