Russia said hit military command post in east Ukraine

Russia said Tuesday its forces had struck a Ukrainian military command post in the eastern Ukraine town of Pokrovsk, a day after a fatal attack Ukrainian officials said damaged civilian buildings.

"Near the settlement of Krasnoarmeysk in the Donetsk People's Republic, an advanced command post of the Khortytsya joint group of Ukrainian troops was hit," Russia's defence ministry said, using the Russian name for Pokrovsk.