A Russian rocket crashed into an area set up to shelter Ukrainian civilians in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, killing at least three women, local authorities said today.

Four more civilians were killed during the night. Among the dead are two people who died as a result of heavy shelling by Russia of the Sumy region in northern Ukraine, the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

The facility, which was shelled at night in the city of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, was one of several such shelters that the authorities have set up across Ukraine to provide citizens with access to electricity, heating, water and other basic services.

In the Sumy region, among the victims there is an administration building, a school building and residential buildings, Zelensky’s office reports.

Local authorities reported two more deaths in Chasovoy Yar in eastern Ukraine and in Kherson.

Source: APE-MPE, Reuters, AFP.