A Ukrainian missile struck a restaurant in the city of
Donetsk killing three people according to a Russian installed local
official on Saturday. It was one of three separate
Ukrainian drone and artillery strikes that also hit the Russian
border regions of Belgorod and Kursk. The strikes killed
five people in all and several more were wounded.
According to officials from those regions, Donetsk which fell
under the control of Russian backed separatists in 2014,
regularly came under Ukrainian shelling after Moscow invaded the country
in February of 2022 but the city had been more
secure after Ukrainian troops were forced from its outskirts.
Earlier this year, both Belgorod and Kirk have come
under regular attack since the war began separately. A
Russian installed official in Ukraine's Luhansk region said the death
toll from a missile strike that caused a large fire
at an oil depot had risen to four with many
more injured. Russia's Defense Ministry said earlier on Saturday
that it had intercepted a string of attempted Ukrainian strikes
on its territory saying forces had downed 21 rockets and
16 drones across Russia's border regions. Meanwhile, fierce
fighting raged into a second day on the fringes of
Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region on Saturday, Russia said it
had captured five villages in the region while Ukraine said
it was repelling the attacks and battling for control of
the settlements.