Russian attacks kill five in east Ukraine
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A 15-year-old boy was among three people killed in the town of Myrnograd, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, after it came "under enemy fire all day" on July 11.
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KYIV - Russian bombardment of east and north-east Ukraine killed five people including a child on July 11, days after the United Nations warned attacks against civilians had become systemic, officials said.
Ukraine has suffered a string of deadly strikes this week, including a missile attack on Kyiv and other cities on July 8 that partially destroyed a children’s hospital and left over 40 people dead.
Areas of the front-line Donetsk region came “under enemy fire all day” on July 11, leaving three people dead including a 15-year-old boy in the town of Myrnograd, governor Vadym Filashkin said on Telegram.
In the north-east Kharkiv region, where Russia launched a fresh ground offensive in May, bombardment of the border village of Bilyi Kolodyazh killed two, governor Oleg Synegubov said.
Russia says its forces only target military infrastructure.
The United Nations warned on July 9 it had observed a “deeply concerning pattern” of systemic attacks on civilian infrastructure, including a July 8 missile strike on Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged allies to bolster air defence systems at a Nato summit in Washington
