Ukrainian strikes on Russian-controlled Donetsk kill 25

At least 25 people were killed and 20 were injured, including two children, in Ukrainian shelling near a market in the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, reported Cable News Network (CNN), quoting officials.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement published that a market and shops in the city’s Kirovsky district were targeted with multiple launch rocket systems, with the shelling reportedly coming from the direction of Avdiivka.

CNN is not able to independently verify this claim.

Kyiv “once again committed a barbaric terrorist act against the civilian population of Russia,” said the report, quoting the ministry as saying, adding, “There are a large number of victims.”

Russia has responded with outrage to previous Ukrainian attacks but has been responsible for thousands of civilians deaths following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Russia’s Investigative Committee has launched an investigation and “all those involved and responsible for this and other terrorist attacks on our soil will suffer inevitable punishment,” the ministry added.