POKROVSK, Donetsk region, Ukraine — A Russian double-tap missile attack killed at least five people and wounded 41 others, including four children, in the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk on Monday (June 24), regional officials said.

"This is one of the largest enemy attacks on civilians recently," regional governor Vadym Filashkin said on Telegram.

Girls aged 9, 11, and 13, and a 12-year-old boy were injured, he added.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, speaking in his nightly video address, said Ukraine would respond "in an absolutely fair manner" to the missile attack on Pokrovsk.

Petro, a local resident, was circling a smashed blue car, the driver's seat soaked with blood, flowing into a vibrant red puddle. His son was killed while driving, and his grandson was hospitalised. "My son, he is dead already, it's done," he said, weeping.

Six cars and 16 private houses were damaged, and one house was destroyed, Filashkin said.

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