Russian strike kills seven at market in east Ukraine: Governor

Russia-Ukraine War: “At least seven dead and eight wounded as a result of the shelling this morning on Avdiivka,” the governor said.

Russian strikes on Wednesday killed seven people and wounded another eight at a market in the east Ukraine city of Avdiivka near the frontline, said a regional governor.

Russia-Ukraine War: A man walks next to anti-tank obstacles known as "Czech hedgehog" with concrete weights in the frontline town of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region. (AFP)

"At least seven dead and eight wounded as a result of the shelling this morning on Avdiivka. The Russians struck the central market, where many people were at that time," the Donetsk regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko wrote on the Telegram social media platform.