Mon. Jul 8th, 2024

NNA -nbsp;At least one person was killed and 41 others were injured in a Ukrainian bombing on Tuesday night targeting the Moscow-controlled city of Makiivka in eastern Ukraine, according to the pro-Russian local authorities.

The Mayor of the city, Vladislav Kleutcharov, told Russia#39;s quot;Russia 24quot; channel, quot;Currently, 41 people, including two children, were injured in the shelling…and one person was killed.quot;

He explained that the Ukrainian bombing began on Tuesday evening and was followed a few hours later by a wave of quot;very violent strikes that caused a lot of damage.quot;

He pointed out that around 40 residential buildings, schools, and medical facilities were damaged.

For its part, the Ukrainian army announced the destruction of a Russian military formation in Makiivka, which has been controlled since 2014 by Russia-backed separatists.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces stated on Telegram, quot;As a result of the effective firepower of the Defense Forces units, another formation of Russian terrorists has ceased to exist in temporarily occupied Makiivka,quot; without revealing further details about this operation. — AFP

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