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Death and devastation as Russian rockets hit Ukraine apartment block

A rescue operation is underway after a missile strike, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at a location given as Chasiv Yar on July 10, 2022. [Reuters]

At least 15 people were killed and two dozen more are feared trapped after Russian Uragan rockets hit a five-storey apartment block in Ukraine's Donetsk region, local officials said on Sunday as rescuers picked their way through rubble.

Ukraine also reported clashes with Russian troops on fronts in the east and south, while Moscow said its forces struck Ukrainian army hangars storing U.S.-produced M777 howitzers, a type of artillery, near Kostyantynivka in Donetsk region.

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