Eleven killed in Russian strike, Ukraine rescue teams sift through wreckage


Local residents stand next to an apartment building damaged by a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine April 14, 2023. Press service of the Donetsk Regional Military-Civil Administration/Handout via REUTERS

SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Russian missiles hit residential buildings in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk on Friday, killing 11 people, wounding 21 and reducing parts of apartment blocks to a tangled mess of metal and concrete.

Eleven people were killed and 21 wounded, Ukrainian public braodcaster Suspilne reported on Saturday, citing regional emergency services.

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