Five people were killed and 20 injured in the city of Kharkiv after Russian forces fired a rocket launcher into an apartment block, regional governor Oleh Synehubov said.
The city suburb of Saltivka was hit on Sunday, destroying the civilian block, according to telegram messaging app, Synehubov.
Synehubov said Ukrainian forces had engaged in counter-attacks in the Kharkiv region, recapturing two villages fully and another partially.
