At least 15 people got killed in a Russian airstrike on a residential building in eastern Ukraine. Rescue operations are continuing at the site.
Reuters reported search is continuing for two dozen people, including a child, feared trapped after a Russian rocket strike on the five-storey building which killed 15 people. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, said the attack in the town of Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region was 'another terrorist attack' and Russia should be designated as a state sponsor of terrorism.
Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, calling it a 'special military operation' to demilitarise Ukraine and rid it of nationalists. Ukraine and its Western allies say Putin's war is an imperial land grab and has accused his forces of war crimes.
Moscow denies attacking civilians. The biggest conflict in Europe since World War Two has killed thousands, left cities and towns in ruins and seen more than 5.5 million Ukrainians flee their country.
Reuters reported that Russia's military campaign is now focused on the south and the eastern Donbas region, which is made up of Luhansk and Donetsk provinces. Russia aims to hand control of this industrial heartland to pro-Russian separatists who have declared independence from Kyiv.
