200 Soldiers Feared Dead after Russia Strikes Ukrainian Barracks (Video)

Dozens of soldiers were killed after Russian shelling hits military barracks in south Ukraine, media outlets reported on Saturday.

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Witnesses told AFP that Russian troops struck a Ukrainian military barracks in the southern city of Mykolaiv, noting that a rescue operation is underway.

"No fewer than 200 soldiers were sleeping in the barracks" when Russian troops struck early Friday, a Ukrainian serviceman on the ground, 22-year-old Maxim, told AFP without providing his last name.

"At least 50 bodies have been recovered, but we do not know how many others are in the rubble," he said.

Another soldier estimated that the bombing could have killed around 100 people. Authorities have not yet released an official death toll.

In the same vein, Russia’s defence ministry had said it had used hypersonic missiles to destroy a large underground depot for missiles and aircraft ammunition in Ukraine’s Ivano-Frankivsk region.

The ministry also destroyed Ukrainian military radio and reconnaissance centres near the port city of Odessa using a coastal missile system, the Interfax news agency reported.