Two twin sisters, killed in the Russian bombing of the pizzeria in Kramatorsk. The death toll of the Russian attack is increasing
At least 13 civilians, including two 14-year-old twin sisters, have been killed in Russian strikes on Ukraine over the past day, regional officials said on June 28, Radio Free Europen reports.
In the latest strike, three civilians in Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv region were killed by Russian shelling on June 28 as the casualty toll from a missile attack the previous evening in the neighboring Donetsk region rose to 10 dead, and 61 wounded.
Kharkiv regional Governor Oleh Synehubov announced on Telegram that "three civilians in the village of Vovchanskiy Khutory were killed near their homes" as a result of the June 28 attack. The Ukrainian Prosecutor-General's office reported that a 69-year-old woman was injured in the strike and was fighting for her life. The shelling came as Russian forces continued their aerial assault around the country and rescuers continued to search for survivors of the deadly missile strike that targeted the Donetsk region city of Kramatorsk on the evening of June 27.
Veronika Bakhal, spokeswoman for the Donetsk region emergency services, told Ukrainian television on June 28 that as of midday "rescuers have recovered the bodies of 10 people from the rubble" in Kramatorsk.
Bakhal said eight people had been rescued alive and at least three more were believed to still be trapped among the debris.
