Ukraine — Russian bombardments on the eastern Ukraine region of Donetsk killed six people on Wednesday, the governor of the region said, as Moscow’s forces advance in the war-battered territory.
The industrial region has suffered the worst fighting of Russia’s invasion and the Kremlin claimed to have annexed it alongside three other territories in 2022.
“In the morning the Russians killed four people and destroyed a house in Izmailivka,” the regional official Vadym Filashkin said on social media.
A Russian aerial bomb tragically killed an entire family in Izmailivka, Pokrovsk district, Donetsk region. The victims were parents, aged 45 and 53, along with their 17-year-old son and 24-year-old daughter.
Russia must be held accountable for these crimes. pic.twitter.com/VqXVYMn0SD
— Meanwhile in Ukraine (@MeanwhileInUA) August 28, 2024
He added that two more people were killed in separate attacks near Chasiv Yar that damaged more than a dozen homes.
Kyiv urged residents of the region, which has been partially controlled by Russian proxy forces since 2014, to evacuate after the Kremlin invaded Ukraine.
Regional authorities have recently ordered large-scale mandatory evacuations with Russian forces advancing towards the logistics hub of Pokrovsk, once home to around 60,000 people.
Filashkin said that 2,718 people, including 392 children, had been evacuated from frontline areas on Tuesday.
It took the Russian army only 3 days to take Novogrodovka without losing a single unit of equipment — Bild Julian Röpke.
“They took control of most of Novogrodovka, a town of 14,000 people 10 km southeast of Pokrovsk, keeping the city’s infrastructure intact” #Kursk #Sudzha pic.twitter.com/Xaffwju14Z— Thomas Welschen (@TWelschen) August 27, 2024
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