Russian attacks kill 3 civilians in Donetsk Oblast

Three civilians were killed in Russian attacks on Donetsk Oblast on 22 October. 

Source: Vadym Filashkin, Head of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram; Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office on Telegram 

Quote from Filashkin: "On 22 October, the Russians killed three residents of Donetsk Oblast: two in Oleksandro-Kalynove and one in Riznykivka. Seven other people were injured in the oblast during the day."

Details: The Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office added that the Russians had dropped a KAB-250 guided aerial bomb on a residential area in the village of Oleksandro-Kalynove in Illinivka hromada at 22:35 on 22 October. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.].

"The munition hit a residential building, which resulted in a whole family being trapped under the rubble. The mother, 87 and her daughter, 55, were killed, and the father, 87, sustained shrapnel wounds. Another woman, 66, sustained a blast injury and bone fractures," the prosecutor's office said.

The attack also damaged houses, cars and a gas pipeline.

In total, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the Russians have killed 2,831 civilians in Donetsk Oblast and injured 6,329 more.

Filashkin stressed that these figures do not include the casualties in Mariupol and Volnovakha.

This news has been updated since publication.

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