SEVEN people died and 88 were wounded in a Russian double tap missile strike on a hotel and restaurant in eastern Ukraine.
The deadly blasts struck 40 minutes apart injuring dozens of first responders who raced to pull survivors from the rubble.
Seven people died and 88 were wounded in a Russian double missile strike on a hotel and restaurant in eastern Ukraine[/caption]
The deadly blasts struck 40 minutes apart injuring dozens of first responders who raced to pull survivors from the rubble[/caption]
It came as Ukraine said had rounded up an all-female spy ring working in the town.
Officials said at least 29 police, seven rescue workers and two children were hurt in the explosions in Pokrovsk.
Rescue teams worked through the night after the explosions ignited at least five separate fires and damaged a dozen apartment buildings.
The SBU intelligence service claimed four suspected spies women were working jointly for Russia’s FSB intelligence service and the Wagner mercenary group led by botched coup-plotter Yevgenny Prigozhin.
It claimed they were recruited before the war and had shared info for over 12 months troop movements, weapons systems and and the accuracy of Russian rocket strikes.
The SBU said three suspects been arrested and a fourth was already in Russia.
The Pokrovsk strikes followed a similar deadly attack on a pizza shop in Kramatorsk that killed 11 people including four children.
The Druzhba hotel and nearby Corleone Pizzeria which bore the brunt of the blasts been popular with journalists, aid workers and Ukrainian soldiers.
The Sun team had lunch at the restaurant hours before the blasts and returned to witness the devastation.
Source: Rescue workers search rubble of Ukraine hotel where seven died in twin Russian missile attacks
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