Russian missile strikes in Ukraine bury families in rubble

Rescuers work at the scene of a building damaged by shelling in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, on Thursday (National Police of Ukraine via AP)

Russian missiles have torn through apartment buildings in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, local officials said on Thursday, killing at least one person and burying families under rubble.

It comes as the Kremlin’s forces continue to pound the fiercely contested area with long-range weapons.