Russia's war crimes against civilians: Russian Armed Forces killed three and wounded six people in Donetsk region

Russia's war crimes against civilians: Russian Armed Forces killed three and wounded six people in Donetsk region

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Russian troops killed three civilians and wounded six in Donetsk region; authorities launched a war crimes investigation.

According to the Donetsk regional prosecutor's office, the Russian occupiers attacked Avdiivka, Selydove and village of Progress, Pokrovsk district, killed three people and wounded six others. Preliminary investigations have been launched pre-trial investigations in criminal proceedings over violations of the laws and customs of war, reports UNN.

Russian Army Kills Three and Wounds Six in Donetsk Oblast - Investigation Launched

- , reports the telegram channel of the Prosecutor General's Office.

Details

According to the investigation, on December 30, 2023, the occupiers launched a missile attack on the city of Avdiivka. It is indicated that the munition hit a vegetable garden near a private household - a 76-year-old woman died from shrapnel wounds shrapnel wounds, a 76-year-old woman died in her own yard.

Soon after Russian troops shelled the town of Selydove. According to the investigation, an Iskander-M missile was probably used. As a result, from the injuries sustained a local resident of 60 years old died from the injuries incompatible with life, and her 36-year-old son was injured and is currently in hospital.

As a result of of the shelling by the RF Armed Forces, in addition to the above-mentioned facts, two men aged 25 and 31 years old and a woman of 65 years old, as well as two women of 68 and 76 years old.

38 private houses and power lines were damaged private households and power lines were damaged.

All of the victims emergency medical care, four of them were hospitalized in the surgical department," the department informs.

It is also noted, that the village of Progress, Pokrovsk district, also came under fire from the Russian army. There a 73-year-old woman who was at home at the time of the attack was killed.

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Prosecutors are taking all possible and appropriate measures to document the war crimes of the Russian Federation against the civilian population of the region.

Under the procedural Under the procedural guidance of the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office, pre-trial investigations have been initiated in criminal proceedings on the facts of violation of the laws and customs of war (Art. 1, 2 Art. 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

Recall

As a result of a rocket attack by the Russian army on the town of Selidove, Pokrovsk district, Donetsk region, 1 person was killed and 6 local residents were injured.