Bombings in Donnetsk, civil injuries, and destruction of several residential buildings

At least five residential buildings were badly damaged and some people were injured by bomb attacks in the town of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, local authorities said on Saturday.

A video shot by a Reuters agency reporter shows several men in military uniforms inspecting the large crater and piles of ruins left behind the attack.

One of them, who was introduced as representative of the Russian investigative committee, blamed Ukrainian bomb forces, adding that they were apparently carried out through the use of the M system. LRS ímars.

There was no immediate response from Ukraine.

The Reuters agency was unable to independently verify the number of victims and had responsibility for the event.

Donetsk, capital of the Ukrainian region of the same name, has been under the control of the prorus forces since 2014, but remains near Russia's first line of war with Ukraine.

The Donetsk region was one of four Ukrainian regions that Russian President Vladimir Putin illegally annexed last year.

Heavy fights between Ukrainian forces and Russian troops have been under way for months in another town in this region, Bakhmut.

On Friday, Russia carried out missile attacks on cities across Ukraine, while people slept, killing at least 25 civilians. These are the first large-scale air strikes in nearly two months.

Ukraine said that during these attacks at least 23 civilians were killed in the central city of Uman and two in the southeastern town of Dnipros. Some of the victims were children. / VOA