Russian strikes kill seven, wound dozens in east Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine: Multiple Russian attacks killed at least seven and wounded more than two dozen others in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine on Friday, officials said.

Moscow has centred its firepower on the industrial region, which it claims to have annexed and has been partially controlled by Kremlin-backed forces since 2014.

Russian-installed officials also said Ukrainian shelling killed five people on its side of the front line in the Donetsk region.

Two Russian strikes on the town of Selydove, which lies close to the front where Moscow´s forces are advancing, killed at least five and injured eight, regional governor Vadym Filashkin said.

“Russians dropped two guided aerial bombs on the town,” he said in a statement on Telegram.

The regional prosecutor´s office said the strikes were an hour apart and used cluster munitions and a glide bomb.

A 32-year-old woman was killed and 20 others were wounded by Russian shelling in the town of Komar, damaging homes, shops, and an administrative building, Filashkin also said.