Russian missile strike destroys school in Donetsk region

Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Donetsk regional military administration, said this on the messaging app Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

"Late last night, the Russians launched a rocket attack on a gymnasium, destroying one wing of a four-story building and damaging nearby residential buildings. Fortunately, there are no casualties," Kyrylenko wrote.

According to him, this is already the 274th school in the region that has been shelled by Russian forces since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, and the 29th that was completely destroyed.

In total, 615 educational institutions have been damaged in the Donetsk region over the past six months.

Photo credit: Pavlo Kyrylenko, Telegram