A Russian missile has slammed into an invincibility point set up to offer refuge for Ukrainian civilians, killing at least three women, according to local officials
The incident has cost the lives of four other civilians who were also killed. The dead included two people killed in heavy Russian shelling of the Sumy region on northern Ukraine,
The invincibility point that was hit overnight in the eastern Donetsk region was one of many such shelters created by authorities across Ukraine to provide access to electricity, heating, water and other basic services.
Photographs released by emergency services showed the heavily damaged remains of the one-storey invincibility point surrounded by rubble. A mattress protruded from the debris.