4 dead, 19 injured after Russian shelling in Donetsk region
Source: National Police of Ukraine
In the past 24 hours, Russian forces launched 2,807 strikes along the front line and residential areas in the Donetsk region. The barrages left four people killed and 19 more injured, including children, according to Ukraine’s National Police.
Russian shelling targeted 17 communities, which damaged 78 civilian structures, including 39 houses.
Two FAB-250 guided bombs struck Kramatorsk, killing two civilians. Sixteen people were injured, including three minors: a 15-year-old boy and two girls, ages 4 and 10. The barrage also damaged 19 apartment buildings and 13 civilian vehicles.
In Hirnyk, a drone strike killed one person and injured another, damaging a private home.
Another fatality was reported in Dronivka, where artillery fire left one person dead.
Kostiantynivka endured six strikes as Russian troops used three FAB guided bombs, artillery, and drones, resulting in one civilian injury. The attack damaged two apartment buildings, a private house, a shop, an administrative building, a gas station, and ten civilian vehicles.
In Pokrovsk, a Russian drone hit a civilian vehicle, injuring one resident.
Russian forces also dropped three FAB-250 guided bombs on Orikhuvatka, damaging a critical infrastructure facility.
At least 13 private homes were damaged in Bohoyavlenka.
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