At least 8 killed, 31 injured after two Russian missiles strike Ukrainian city

At least eight people were killed and 31 injured after two Russian missiles struck an east Ukrainian city, including a residential building, Kyiv claimed.

Among the injured were 19 police officers, five rescuers and one child,Igor Klymenko, Ukraine's minister of internal affairs said in a Telegram message. "The rubble is being cleared," he added.The number of wounded was later revised to 31.

The first missile strike killed four civilians, and the second one claimed the life of an official from the emergency services.

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Pokrovsk is situated around 70 kilometres (43 miles) northwest of Donetsk city—a Russian-occupied territory—and some 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the frontline.

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Residential buildings, hotels destroyed

Governor of the Donetsk region, Pavlo Kyrylenko, said the missile strikes damaged two "private sector residential buildings, a hotel, catering establishments, shops and administrative buildings."

He warned of the "threat of repeated attacks" and urged residents to take shelter.

Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky alleged that Russia hit an "ordinary residential building" in Pokrovsk of the Donetsk region, warning of "victims".

"Two missile strikes. An ordinary residential building was hit," Zelensky said on the social media platform X.

"Unfortunately, there are victims. Rescuers and all necessary services are on the scene. The rescue of people continues."

Zelensky vows counterattack

Zelensky vowed to hold Russia accountable for the attack.

"We have to stop the Russian terror. Everyone who fights for the freedom of Ukraine saves lives. Everyone in the world who helps Ukraine will defeat the terrorists together with us," Zelensky said.

"Russia will be held accountable for everything it has done in this terrible war," he added.

The Ukrainian leader also shared a video of people clearing rubble from a Soviet-era five-storey building that had its top floor destroyed.

The clip appeared to show civilians helping people lying on the floor outside a building and an ordinary car covered in rubble.

Pokrovsk had a pre-war population of around 60,000 people.

(With inputs from agencies)

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