Russian troops kill one civilian, injure three more in Donetsk region in past day

Russian troops kill one civilian, injure three more in Donetsk region in past day

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On February 17, Russian troops killed one resident and wounded three others in the Donetsk region.

Vadym Filashkin, the head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, said this in a post on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.

Yesterday, Russians killed one civilian in Pokrovsk. Three more people sustained injuries as a result of enemy strikes.

In total, since the beginning of the full-scale war, at least 2,964 civilians have been killed and 6,710 others wounded in the Donetsk region. These figures do not include casualties in Mariupol and Volnovakha.

Read also: Russian strikes in Kherson region leave eight people injured

As reported by Ukrinform, on February 17, Russian invaders launched a drone attack on rescuers when they were delivering water to the town's residents in Kostiantynivka.

Later that day, Russians attacked Kostiantynivka with a drone for the second time. The evacuation team that came to help the wounded rescuers had three injuries: two police officers and the head of the local military administration.

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