Ukraine strikes Russian-occupied Donetsk region

Three civilians had been killed and eight more injured after a Ukrainian missile struck a restaurant in Donetsk city, Denis Pushilin, the Russian-installed head of east Ukraine’s Donetsk region, said in a statement posted on the Telegram messaging app. Donetsk, which fell under the control of Russian-backed separatists in 2014, regularly came under Ukrainian shelling after Moscow ordered tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, but became more secure after Kyiv’s troops were forced from its outskirts earlier this year. #Ukraine #Donetsk #russia Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: Get the latest headlines: and are websites of The Telegraph, the UK’s be