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Seventeen people were killed in a Russian attack on Ukraine in the Donetsk region in the east in one of the deadliest attacks in months. A further 31 people are also believed to have been injured.

Russia is thought to have used a missile that cannot be intercepted by air defences because the target is so close to where it鈥檚 fired.

Politician Liudmyla Buimister is also a sergeant in the Ukrainian armed forces who has just returned from Bakhmut.

She told Newsday this was a direct hit on civilians but would not break the spirit of the people.

"Obviously this is a confirmation of Russian terrorist tactics... attacks aimed at civilian infrastructure."

(Picture: Firefighters at work after a Russian strike in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine; Credit: Reuters)