Update: Russian attack on Pokrovsk kills 7, injures 88.

The number of people wounded in the Russian Aug.

7 strike against Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, has increased to 88, Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said[1] on national television. As of 11 a.m. local time on Aug.

8, seven people are known to have been killed, including five civilians, a rescuer, and a soldier. Donetsk Oblast Military Administration is collecting data on casualties from all the hospitals where victims were taken after the missile attack, according to Kyrylenko.

Among the injured, three people are in critical condition -- a police officer and two emergency workers, the official told journalists. An hour before this report, Kyrylenko wrote[2] on Telegram that the Polkrovsk attack had wounded 31 people. The previous number included two children, 31 police officers, seven first responders, and four service people.

On the evening of Aug.

7, Russian forces hit the central part of Pokrovsk with Iskander missiles twice -- at 7:15 p.m. and 7:52 p.m. According to regional authorities, 12 high-rise buildings, a hotel, the building of a local prosecutor's office, a Pension Fund building, a pharmacy, two shops, two cafes, and two civilian cars were damaged in the attack. Pokrovsk is located some 50 kilometers from the front line, close to the administrative border with Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

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Dinara Khalilova is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. She has previously worked as a fixer and local producer for Sky News. Dinara holds a BA in journalism from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and a Master's degree in media and communication from Bournemouth University in the UK.

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3. ^ Ukraine war latest: Military confirms strikes on key bridges linking occupied Crimea with mainland UkraineKey developments on Aug.

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