Nine people, including a 6-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy, were injured as a result of a Russian airstrike on Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, on Wednesday, the Interior Ministry of Ukraine has said.

"The Russian forces dropped an air bomb UMPB D-30 SN on the city, hitting a residential building at the level of the seventh and eighth floors. The injured include two children, a 6-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy. Also, seven women aged 62 to 73 years old were injured," it said.

According to the ministry, 24 civilian facilities were damaged, including five apartment buildings, a pharmacy and 18 civilian cars.