Invaders shell village in Donetsk region with artillery, three civilians injured

On August 9, Russian troops shelled the village of Mykolaivka in Donetsk region with barrel artillery, injuring three local residents. An investigation has been launched.

The Prosecutor General's Office said this in a post on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

According to the investigation, Russian invaders attacked Mykolaivka at 09:20 on Wednesday, August 9. Two victims - a man and a woman - were in a shop during the enemy attack. Another woman was in her own house. All three sustained explosive injuries of varying degrees of severity.

Paramedics provided first aid to the victims at the scene, and then they were taken to the hospital.

It was also established that enemy shells damaged a private house, a commercial building, and an outbuilding.

Information about violations of the laws and customs of war (Part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) has been entered into the Unified Register of Pretrial Investigations.

As Ukrinform reported, Russian artillery targeted a kindergarten in Kherson, a 75-year-old locksmith was injured.