Artillery fire and multiple rocket launchers hit several areas of the region, the Ukrainian presidency announced this morning, citing local authorities.
At least 7 civilians were killed and two others were injured today by Russian strikes in the Donetsk region, in eastern Ukraine, the governor of Donetsk, Pavlo Kirilenko, announced today.
“The Russians killed 7 civilians”three in the city of Toretsk, two in Avdiivka, one in Kontema and one in Shiversk, the Ukrainian official said in a Telegram message, without elaborating further.
Artillery fire and multiple rocket launchers hit several areas of the region, the Ukrainian presidency announced this morning, citing local authorities.
The Russians, who declare that they have brought under their control the whole of the neighboring district of Luhanskare now seeking to capture that of Donetsk in order to take full control of the Donbass valley, which Moscow-backed separatists have partially controlled since 2014.
In the Donetsk region, the city of Sloviansk it is seen as the next possible target of Russian forces under their plan to conquer the entire Donbass valley, almost four and a half months since they invaded Ukraine.
On Tuesday, Russian rockets hit a market in the center of Sloviansk and surrounding streets, killing at least 2 people.
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