A Russian airstrike on a prison in southeastern Ukraine killed at least 17 inmates and wounded more than 80 others, officials said.

Glide bombs and ballistic missiles struck a Ukrainian prison and a medical facility overnight as Russia's relentless strikes on civilian areas killed at least 27 people across the country, officials said Tuesday,

Russia said on Tuesday that it wanted peace in Ukraine, hours after mounting attacks that killed at least 25 people, including a 23-year-old pregnant woman and more than a dozen prison inmates. - Hospital targeted - "Three people were killed in the attack,