2 civilians die in Donetsk Oblast in one day: Russians focus fire on Bakhmut

ALONA MAZURENKO — THURSDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2022, 10:02

At least 2 people died and 13 were injured as a result of firing in Donetsk region on 14 September.

Source: Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

Quote from Kyrylenko: "On 14 September, the Russians killed 2 civilians in Donetsk region [, namely] — in Dolyna. Another 13 people were injured.

It is now impossible to establish the exact number of casualties in Mariupol and Volnovakha."

Details: According to Kyrylenko, the Russian forces fired most actively in the Bakhmut district.

At about midnight, the Russians destroyed a high-rise building in Bakhmut. According to preliminary information, four people may be under the rubble. The State Emergency Service specialists are on site.

In Toretsk, the Russians targeted a hospital, injuring 1 person, and damaging 3 departments.

In the Svitlodarsk hromada [an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories - ed.], the Russians shelled Odradivka and Maiorsk. There was no information about casualties there.

At night, airstrikes occurred in Siversk;  private houses were damaged.

In the Pokrovsk district, the Russians struck Myrnohrad and the front-line hromadas of Avdiivka and Ocheretyne.

In Myrnohrad, one person was injured upon stepping on a landmine. According to preliminary information, Russian soldiers fired cluster munitions from Smerch [a heavy 300 mm multiple-launch rocket system].

In Avdiivka, the Russian forces carried out massive artillery shelling of the city centre. Consequences are to be ascertained.

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