A hail of Russian strikes brings terror to Ukraine’s east.
Russian strikes killed at least eight people in eastern Ukraine in 24 hours and the death toll from an apartment complex hit by Russian rockets grew as well, local officials said on Monday, a chilling reminder of the devastation Russia has inflicted on civilians, even as its military pauses its drive to seize Ukrainian territory.

While the Russian military regroups and resupplies, its attacks on civilian targets and morale have intensified in recent days. In one town after another in eastern Ukraine, a hail of seemingly random Russian strikes, delivered by warplanes, artillery and missiles, has killed, maimed and terrified residents.

The attacks have ramped up in particular in Donetsk, an eastern province increasingly in Moscow’s cross hairs after Russian forces seized the last major city in neighboring Luhansk Province this month.