Five civilians killed in Russian attacks on Donetsk region over past day

On September 4, Russian troops killed five residents of the Donetsk region.

According to Ukrinform, this was reported on Facebook by Vadym Filashkin, Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration.

He reported that three people were killed in Kostiantynivka and two in Illinivka.

Two more civilians in the region were injured over the course of the day.

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Filashkin emphasized that the total number of victims in the Donetsk region—3,583 killed and 8,015 injured—does not include casualties from Mariupol and Volnovakha.

As previously reported by Ukrinform, Russian forces dropped aerial bombs on a hospital in Kostiantynivka and on buildings in Illinivka.