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Russia attacks Donetsk region: Evening and morning shelling results in casualties, including injured child

22 May, 2024 Wednesday
15:10

On the evening of May 21, the Russian army launched a missile attack on the village of Rih in the Donetsk region, injuring a child and killing his parents. The next day, the Russian Federation attacked Toretsk, resulting in another death

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The Prosecutor General's Office reported the shelling on the evening of May 21.

Around 11:00 p.m., Russian troops hit the village of Rih with an Iskander missile. The strike targeted the yard of a private home where the family lived.

A 52-year-old man and his 46-year-old wife were killed in the attack. Their ten-year-old son suffered a mine-explosive injury. A 24-year-old neighbor was also injured in the explosion.

Additionally, the attack damaged three households and a gas pipeline.

In the morning, Vadym Filashkin, head of the Donetsk regional military administration, reported that the Russians had killed a 26-year-old man in the shelling of Toretsk.

  • The Russian army also struck the center of Chuhuyiv in the Kharkiv region, injuring two people and damaging a kindergarten.
     
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