Houses, stores, hospital damaged in Russia’s overnight attack on Donetsk region

Last night, in the Donetsk region, Russian invaders launched a drone attack on Pokrovsk, shelled the Kurakhove community seven times, and opened fire on Ukrainsk with the Smerch multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS).

The relevant statement was made by Donetsk Regional Military Administration Head Pavlo Kyrylenko on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“In the middle of the night, Russians attacked Pokrovsk with drones, targeting warehouse facilities. […] In the Donetsk direction, the Kurakhove community came under enemy fire seven times: two houses were damaged. Russians struck Ukrainsk with the Smerch MLRS, having injured two civilians and having caused damage to 14 detached houses and 13 two-storey buildings,” Kyrylenko wrote.

In the Volnovakha direction, one civilian was reported killed in Velyka Novosilka. The enemy shelling also affected Vuhledar, Novoukrainka, Prechystivka and Bohoiavlenka.

According to Kyrylenko, Russian troops were continuously attacking Avdiivka with the Grad MLRS, artillery and tanks. The enemy struck Marinka, Heorhiivka, and the Ocheretyne community with artillery.

In the Horlivka direction, two civilians were injured in Toretsk. Five buildings of the hospital, one apartment block, and eight sales outlets were damaged.

One house was damaged in New York, and four detached houses in the Chasiv Yar community.

In the Lysychansk direction, a house was destroyed in the Zvanivka community’s Verkhniokamianske and a store in Pereizne. In the Lyman community, a house was damaged in Zarichne.

Photo: Pavlo Kyrylenko, Telegram