| Submit your comments on this article |
| Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia |
| Russian military shelled 13 settlements of Donetsk region, there are dead and wounded |
| 2022-08-17 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Iryna Gamalii [LB] 19 objects were destroyed and damaged In the Donetsk region , the Russian army shelled 13 settlements during the day , killing and wounding civilians. This is reported on the website of the National Police. "During the day, the police recorded 28 shellings. The occupiers fired artillery, launched rocket and airstrikes," the message reads. Avdiivka, Pivdenne, Mykolaivka, Zalizne, Pervomaiske, Chasiv Yar, Druzhba, Kalinove, Sloviansk, Velyka Novosilka, Bakhmut, Yasnohirka and Kurakhove came under massive shelling. In Donetsk region, Russian troops used artillery, mortars, tanks, "hail" and "hurricane" salvo rocket systems and launched an airstrike with unguided air missiles. They hit the residential sector, there are losses among the civilian population. Policemen worked at the "arrivals" sites and collected evidence of war crimes committed by the Russian Federation. The police and the Security Service of Ukraine opened criminal proceedings under Art. 438 (violation of the laws and customs of war) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. During the day, 415 citizens were evacuated by the police. In total, since the beginning of August, almost 6,000 people have left for safer regions, more than a thousand of them are children. |
| Posted by:badanov |