Ukrainian Forces Target Tokmak City With MLRS - Russian Official

SIMFEROPOL (Sputnik) - The Ukrainian armed forces are using multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) against the Tokmak city in the Zaporozhye Region on Thursday, Vladimir Rogov, a senior official at the regional administration, said.

"Tokmak is under fire of the ‘militants’ from the Ukrainian armed forces. The ‘Nazis’ are shelling this town in Zaporozhye Region with MLRS," Rogov wrote on his Telegram channel, adding that deployed air defense systems are operating.

On April 13, the city came under a Ukrainian attack that killed ten civilians, including two children, and injured 13 more.

"The number of people killed as a result of the terrorist attack by the Ukrainian armed forces on Tokmak has risen to 10. Rescuers have recovered the bodies of an adult and a child from the rubble," the region's governor said on Telegram, commenting on the strike.

The video shows the aftermath of the attack by Ukraine's forces on the center of Gorlovka, located in the Donetsk People's Republic. According to the most recent information, 10 civilians have been reported injured in the incident.

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