According to local authorities, Russian strikes in the contested eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Lugansk killed at least eight civilians on Monday.

According to Lugansk regional governor Sergiy Gaiday, four people died while attempting to flee the city of Kreminna, which Russian soldiers had occupied earlier on Monday.

“Several people tried to flee, but the orcs (Russian forces) shot the car and killed a lot of people. Four people died right away “She was also hurt, he said.

Pavlo Kyrylenko, the governor of the nearby region of Donetsk, says that four more civilians died in Russian bombing there, about 12 miles east of Kreminna.

“Two in Torske, one in Chandrigalove and one in Razdolne. Five other people were injured,” he said on Telegram.

After removing its forces from the area around Kyiv, Russia has refocused its military efforts on Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region.