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Houses, power transmission lines damaged in Russia’s shelling of Donetsk Region.
Russian invaders continue to extensively open fire on Donetsk Region. On August 8, 2022, such communities as Marinka, Avdiivka and Ocheretyne came under enemy fire.
The relevant statement was made by Donetsk Regional Military Administration Head Pavlo Kyrylenko on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
“In the Marinka community, Krasnohorivka has been shelled this morning: five residential houses, a municipal enterprise and confectionery shop were damaged. In Maksymylianivka, one house was damaged. In Marinka, a civilian was injured,” Kyrylenko wrote.
Last night Russian occupiers shelled the village of Ocheretyne, leaving four houses and power transmission lines damaged. In the Ocheretyne community, such settlements as Lastochkyne, Pisky and Pervomaiske also came under enemy fire.
In the morning of August 8, 2022, Russian troops opened fire on the old part of Avdiivka with the Grad multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), and later launched air strikes on Avdiivka. The scale of destructions is yet to be checked.
In Bakhmut District, explosions were heard in such communities as Svitlodarsk and Soledar. A civilian was reported injured in Yakovlivka.
“Last night Russians also struck Kramatorsk. No casualties or damage were reported,” Kyrylenko added.
In his words, Russian crimes are being thoroughly documented, and the aggressor state will be brought to justice.
Kyrylenko posted the photographs of the houses and trees destroyed, and the craters left by Russian projectiles.
According to the police, Russian troops have struck Donetsk Region 28 times over the past day. Mostly, Russian projectiles hit Avdiivka and Bakhmut. A total of 47 civilian objects were damaged or destroyed: 34 residential houses, coke and chemical plant, motor depot, gardening association, power substation.
A reminder that, on August 7, 2022, five civilians were killed and 17 injured in Russia’s shelling of Donetsk Region.
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