5 die in Ukrainian shelling, Russia forces target hotel

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KYIV: Five people died in Ukrainian shelling in Russia’s border region of Belgorod, officials said on Sunday, while Russian forces struck a hotel in eastern Ukraine, leaving one journalist missing and two others injured.

Twelve other people were wounded in the Russian village of Rakitone.

Russian forces struck a hotel overnight in the city of Kramatorsk in the eastern Donetsk region, injuring two people and leaving one trapped under the rubble, regional Gov Vadym Filashkin said. All three were reported to be journalists from Ukraine, the US, and the UK.