Shelling of Donetsk region: 6 dead and 21 injured in 24 hours
IRYNA BALACHUK — FRIDAY, 8 JULY 2022, 08:29
Russian shelling in Donetsk Oblast has killed 6 people and injured 21 more in just one day.
Source: Pavlo Kyrylenko, the Head of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram
Quote from Kyrylenko: "Russia is killing civilians! On 7 July, the Russians killed 6 civilians in the Donetsk region: in Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, Avdiivka, Siversk, Pokrovske and Orlivka. Another 21 people were injured."
Details: At least 583 civilians in total have been killed and at least 1,517 others have been injured in Donetsk Oblast since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Kyrylenko emphasised that it is currently impossible to establish the exact number of casualties in Mariupol and Volnovakha.
Background:
- The Russian military killed 7 civilians of Donetsk Oblast in one day on 6 July.
- During the day of 5 July, 6 civilians were killed and 21 wounded in Donetsk Oblast.
- On 4 July, the occupiers killed 2 and injured 6 Donetsk Oblast civilians, and on 3 July, they killed 9 and injured 25 residents of the oblast.
