Ukraine: three civilians killed, twelve injured during Russian strikes in the Donetsk region
In eastern Ukraine, Russian strikes left at least three dead and twelve injured, a local official announced on Sunday March 10, while a woman was killed in a Ukrainian bombing on a Russian village near of the border.
Railway station destroyed by a Russian missile in the Donetsk region, February 25, 2024. AFP - ANATOLII STEPANOV
By: RFI with AFP
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“
During the night
,” said the Ukrainian head of the Donetsk region, Vadym Filachkine, “
the Russians attacked Dobropillia
(town located about 45 km from the front, Editor’s note)
with Shahed drones;
In the morning, rescuers found the bodies of two people under the rubble of a house
.
Still according to this source, the Russian army also bombarded with artillery on the morning of March 10 the town of Chassiv Yar, located near the front in the Donetsk region, killing a 66-year-old man.
Three Russian S-300 missiles also hit the town of Myrnograd - still in the Donetsk region - leaving twelve injured according to an updated report, including a teenager, said Vadym Filachkine.
Nine apartment buildings were damaged in the strike, he said.
Thirty-five drones shot down
The Ukrainian Air Force also said on Sunday that it had shot down 35 Iranian-made Shahed drones, out of a total of 39 launched by Russia overnight over ten regions in central and southern Ukraine. 'Ukraine.
In Russia, a woman was killed on March 10 in a Ukrainian bombing targeting a Russian village located ten kilometers from the border, a local official said.
“
Today, the village of Kulbaki was bombed from Ukraine
,” said the governor of the Kursk region, Roman Starovoit.
“
A fire broke out in an apartment building.
A woman was killed and her husband was seriously burned.
»
The Russian Defense Ministry also reported two Ukrainian drones destroyed over the Belgorod region.
On Saturday March 9, Russia claimed to have destroyed 47 Ukrainian drones during the night, mainly in the Rostov-on-Don region, bordering Ukraine, an attack which could have targeted, among other things, an aviation factory.
Ukraine regularly carries out strikes in Russia, particularly in the regions closest to its territory.
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