Russian-backed separatists claim 16 killed in Donetsk by intercepted Ukrainian missile

Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine say that a strike by Kyiv’s forces on the rebel de facto capital Donetsk left at least 16 people dead.

The claim could not be immediately verified.

Rebel officials say fragments from a Ukrainian Tochka missile that was shot down landed in the center of the city causing deaths and injuries.

“Sixteen deaths have been recorded” the self-proclaimed region’s health ministry says, adding that another 23 people had been injured.

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