At least two people were killed on Wednesday when a Russian rocket struck a residential building in the center of the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, local authorities said.
The AFP news agency reported that two bodies were seen at the scene as rescue workers cleared the rubble.
Regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said on the Telegram messaging app that “Russian occupiers hit a residential building in the center of the city with a rocket”.
“At least two dead and seven wounded — these are the consequences of the shelling of Kramatorsk,” he said, warning that more people could be found under the rubble.
“Rescuers, law enforcement officers and communal services are working at the scene.”
Kramatorsk is in the eastern region of Donetsk, where Kremlin-backed separatists have controlled parts of the industrial region, including its largest city, since 2014.
Earlier this week, a missile hit an apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second city, killing one woman and injuring others.
Last week, Russian shelling killed at least 10 Ukrainian civilians and wounded 20 others in a day.
In mid-January, at least 12 people were killed in a Russian a missile strike on a nine-story apartment building in the city of Dnipro.