2 people killed and 6 injured in Russian attack on Donetsk Oblast

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO — Saturday, 5 October 2024, 19:02

Two civilians were killed and six others were injured as a result of a Russian attack on Donetsk Oblast on Saturday.

Source: Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office

Quote: "The investigation data says that on 5 October 2024, the army of the aggressor state fired on Bakhmut, Volnovakha and Kramatorsk districts. At 11:00 a.m., the Russian Armed Forces allegedly shelled the city of Toretsk with artillery. A woman, 65, sustained fatal injuries.

Around 12:00, the enemy conducted an air strike on the village of Velyka Novosilka. The attack resulted in the death of a couple: a man, 86, was killed, and his wife, 76, received multiple shrapnel wounds.

At 15:00, the town of Kostiantynivka also came under a bomb attack. Five residents sustained injuries of varying severity in a residential area: three women, aged 54, 63 and 74, and men aged 54 and 72. They were diagnosed with blast traumas, concussion, shrapnel wounds and lacerations to their heads and limbs."

Details: Residential buildings, power lines, gas pipelines, cars and a garage were damaged in the attack. Earlier, Russian troops had fired KAB-250s guided aerial bombs at the settlements.

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