Moscow: Three people killed and 8 other wounded as in a missile strike on a restaurant in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine on Saturday, the head of the region’s Russian-backed administration Denis Pushilin posted on Telegram.
“As a result of a direct strike on the Paradise restaurant in Donetsk’s Kirov district, three civilians were killed including a woman, working at the restaurant and two diners,” Denis said.
“Currently we have information about eight injured”, Pushilin said, adding that the injured included a girl, three women and four men.
Pushilin further stated that there were two strikes by US HIMARS precision rocket launchers, that hitting the restaurant. Meanwhile, the strike also caused damage to the roof of a partially constructed building nearby.
Images posted on social media showed smoke rising from the nearby destroyed building after the incident.
Russia’s RIA Novosti posted a video of the Investigative Committee working at the scene, examining the area and shrapnel.
The frontage of the restaurant was partially torn off, whereas tables and chairs were thrown around by the force of the blast and interior walls were peppered with holes from shrapnel, the video showed.
