Number of people injured in Russian missile attack on Kostiantynivka rises to 6

Russian forces launched a missile strike on a residential area in the town of Kostiantynivka (Donetsk Oblast) on the afternoon of 12 April.

Source: Ukraine's State Emergency Service (SES); Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office

Quote: "The enemy attacked a residential area in Kostiantynivka, Kramatorsk district. A missile hit a five-storey building, causing a fire on the balconies from the 1st to the 4th floor."

Details: The fire, which spread over the area of 150 sq. m, has been put out. The SES noted that early reports indicated three people had been injured in the strike.

At 16:54, the Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office said the number of injured had risen to six.

"Six local residents sustained injuries of varying severity: [three] women, 25, 54 and 56, and [three] men, 24, 32 and 36. They have been hospitalised with injuries and shrapnel wounds."

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