Russia strikes Sloviansk with aerial bomb, hitting multi-storey building and injuring 4 people – photos
Russian forces attacked Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, with a FAB-500 aerial bomb on the morning of 31 August, striking a multi-storey building and injuring four people.
Source: Vadym Liakh, Head of Sloviansk City Military Administration, on Facebook; Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office
Quote: "Today, at 04:20, the enemy carried out another FAB-500 airstrike on our city. A multi-storey building in the central part of the city was hit."
Details: According to Liakh, the stairwell of a residential building was destroyed from the ground to the fourth floors, as well as a house.
At least 32 multi-storey buildings, a hotel, a kindergarten and cars were also damaged.
"As of now, four people are known to have been injured. They are all receiving medical assistance," Liakh said.
Update: The Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office later reported that Russian forces had dropped a FAB-500 aerial bomb equipped with a unified gliding and correction module on an apartment block.
Four civilians aged between 61 and 66 who were in their homes were injured in the attack. They sustained blast injuries, bruising and cuts. All of them are receiving medical treatment.
In total, 34 apartment blocks and houses, as well as six vehicles, were damaged as a result of the strike.
A pre-trial investigation into a war crime has been opened under the procedural supervision of the Sloviansk District Prosecutor's Office.
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