bombing attributed to kyiv kills five in occupied territories, says Russia

A bombing that hit a bakery in the occupied town of Lysychansk, in eastern Ukraine, left at least five dead, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said on Saturday (February 3).

Moscow assures that it was a Ukrainian strike. “The bodies of the victims have been recovered”the Russian ministry announced on Telegram, specifying that rescue operations were continuing and that six people had been pulled out alive from the rubble.

Leonid Pasechnik, an official with the Russian-installed occupation authorities, added on Telegram that“There could be dozens of other people under the rubble.” The official accused Ukrainian forces of targeting the busy business. The Russian news agency RIA Novosti published a video of a destroyed building, where we also see rescuers pulling a completely crushed car out of the rubble.