A minimum of 15 other people had been killed and about 20 extra are feared buried underneath rubble after Russian rockets struck an condo block in Chasiv Yar, a the city in jap Ukraine, officers have stated.

One facet of the five-storey construction used to be ripped aside, leaving a mountain of rubble. Chasiv Yar is close to town of Kramatorsk, within the Donetsk area.

Dozens of emergency staff are nonetheless in search of other people underneath the piles of concrete and rubble, assisted through a bulldozer and a crane.