Deaths Reported in Strike on Slovyansk School and Homes

At least three people were killed and six others injured after a strike hit a school and residential buildings in the Donetsk Oblast city of Slovyansk overnight on May 30-31, local authorities said.

Footage released by the head of the Donetsk military administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko, shows damage to buildings in the northern part of the city, on Yaroslava Mudroho Street. Kyrylenko said a school and at least seven multi-story buildings were hit.

Ukraine’s armed forces said on Tuesday that Russian forces in Donetsk Oblast were focused on establishing control over the city of Severodonetsk, around 60 km east of Slovyansk. Credit: Pavlo Kyrylenko via Storyful

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