Russian troops attacked three districts in Donetsk region today. As a result of the shelling, a 65-year-old woman and an 86-year-old man were killed, 6 people were injured of varying degrees of severity, the Donetsk regional prosecutor's office reported, UNN reports.
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According to the investigation, on October 5, the army of the aggressor state shelled Bakhmut, Volnovakha and Kramatorsk districts. At 11:00 a.m., the Russian Armed Forces allegedly shelled the city of Toretsk with artillery. A 65-year-old woman sustained life-threatening injuries.
Around 12:00, the enemy launched an air strike on the village of Velyka Novosilka. A couple was injured in the attack: An 86-year-old man was killed, and his wife of 76 years received multiple shrapnel wounds.
At 15:00, the town of Kostyantynivka also came under a bomb attack. In a residential area, five residents sustained injuries of varying severity - three women aged 54, 63 and 74 and 54 and 72-year-old men. They were diagnosed with mine-blast traumas, contusions, shrapnel wounds and cut wounds to the head and limbs.
All the victims received qualified medical care.
Residential buildings, power lines, gas pipelines, cars and a garage were damaged. Earlier, Russian troops had fired KAB-250s at the settlements.
Pre-trial investigations into the violation of the laws and customs of war (Art. 438(1) and (2) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) have been initiated.