“Civilian targets in sight”
Eleven dead after Russian shelling near Donetsk
January 6, 2024, 8:00 p.m
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During the regular Russian shelling, civilian objects in the border region around Donetsk are repeatedly hit by artillery, rockets and drones. In the town of Rivne, a family home is attacked and several people die.
According to Ukrainian reports, at least eleven people, including five children, were killed by Russian rocket fire in the Pokrovsk district in the Kiev-controlled part of the Donetsk region. In addition, eight people were injured, the region’s military governor, Vadym Filaschkin, said on his Telegram channel.
Accordingly, the bombardment was carried out using repurposed S-300 anti-aircraft missiles. Two towns were hit, including the district town of Pokrovsk and Rivne. A rocket hit the house of a family of six, Filaschkin explained. President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his condolences to the relatives.
He assured that the search and rescue work would continue and the injured would be cared for. Russia fired on purely civilian targets. “And Russia must feel – feel every time – that none of these attacks will end without consequences for the terrorist state,” he demanded.
The authorities installed by Moscow in the occupied part of the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk had previously announced that two people had been killed by Ukrainian bombardments. The two fatalities occurred in the industrial towns of Makijwka and Gorlovka, said the pro-Russian governor Denis Pushilin on the Telegram online service.
Russia launched its war of aggression against Ukraine more than 22 months ago. During the regular Russian shelling of the neighboring country with artillery, rockets and drones, civilian objects are repeatedly hit and civilians are killed or injured.