In the first hours of Putin’s “truce”: the Russian Federation hit a nine-story residential building in the Donetsk region

The Russian army, despite the three-day “truce” announced by the Russian President for Victory Day, continues to shell Ukraine: at night, the Russians hit a residential high-rise building in the city of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region.

At about 04:00 on May 8, the Ukrainian Air Force warned of the activity of Russian aviation in the eastern direction and the threat of the use of air weapons for front-line regions. An air alert was declared in the Donetsk region.

Explosions thundered in the city of Konstantinovka, the administrative center of the Konstantinovka urban community of the Kramatorsk district of the Donetsk region. At about 05:00, local channels reported that the Russians hit a nine-story residential building. According to preliminary data, the Russian Armed Forces carried out an air attack on the city.

Footage of the aftermath of the Russian attack has also been released online.

According to preliminary information from local media, one person has been rescued from the rubble so far. Official data on the aftermath of the Russian attack on Kostyantynivka is not yet available.