A shopping centre in Russian-controlled Donetsk city has been destroyed in what Russia has branded as a Ukrainian attack.
Earlier, Denis Pushilin, the Kremlin-installed governor of the city, said the apparent strikes sparked a fire of more than 10,000 square metres at the “Galaktika” shopping centre and injured seven people.
Black smoke has been pouring from the building in the aftermath of the blaze.
Russia releases video of ‘new recruits being trained’
The Russian defence ministry has released a video purporting to show new recruits training for an “assault detachment”.
In the clip, which has not been verified by Sky News, a group of people in army uniforms run from the back of a vehicle and fire weapons across a piece of dry land.
In a post on Telegram, the ministry said the recruits were practising capturing enemy strongholds at a training ground.
It added that servicemen who helped capture a village in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region were preparing the fighters for their units.
Donetsk, which was illegally annexed by Russia in the early days of the war, is partially controlled by Moscow’s forces.
Once the troops are trained, they will join forces fighting in the south Donetsk area, the ministry said.
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