Death toll in Russian rocket attack on housing block rises to 24 -Ukraine

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The death toll from a Russian rocket attack that hit an apartment block in eastern Ukraine over the weekend rose to 24 on Monday and rescuers were still combing the rubble for survivors, the State Emergency Service said. Nine people have been rescued from the ruins of the five-storey block in the town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region that was struck late on Saturday, the agency said. Russia, which invaded Ukraine in what it calls a special military operation, denies targeting civilians.