Several killed as rockets destroy housing complex in Ukraine

A Ukrainian tank on the streets of Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine (Nariman El-Mofty/AP)

Russian rockets have hit the eastern Ukraine town of Chasiv Yar, destroying a five-storey apartment building and killing at least six people.

Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the Donetsk region, said about three dozen people could be trapped in the rubble. Rescuers have made contact with two people who are under the wreckage.