The number of people injured as a result of Russia's strike against Kostiantynivka on Friday morning increased to 56, Donetsk region Police Chief Ruslan Osypenko has said.

"As of this moment, 56 people were injured, including twelve dead and 44 wounded. Among those twelve, we have eight bodies that need to be identified," he said on the national telethon on Friday.

As reported, the enemy hit Kostiantynivka by a Kh-38 air missile on Friday morning. Earlier, eleven dead and 37 wounded were reported.