Russian missile kills three women at Ukrainian ‘invincibility point’
Local officials have said a Russian missile slammed into an “invincibility point” set up to offer refuge for Ukrainian civilians, killing at least three women.
The invincibility point that was hit overnight in the city of Kostiantynivka, in the eastern Donetsk region, was one of many such shelters created by authorities across Ukraine to provide access to electricity, heating, water and other basic services.
One of the three dead women came from the Bakhmut area, which is the scene of some of the heaviest fighting of Russia’s war on Ukraine, the emergency services said, adding that two men were also hurt.
“Rescuers removed the bodies of three dead women from the rubble,” officials said on the Telegram messaging app.
One person was pulled out of the rubble alive, they added.
Four other civilians were also killed during the night, local officials said.
The dead included two people killed in heavy Russian shelling of the Sumy region on northern Ukraine.
The Ukrainian air force has said several towns and villages in the Sumy region came under fire from missiles, drones and other weapons.