Russian forces kill two civilians in Donetsk region over past day

Russian forces kill two civilians in Donetsk region over past day

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Russian troops killed two civilians in the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours.

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

Filashkin stated that two people were killed — in Kostiantynivka and Bokove — and another 12 civilians were injured during the day.

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He stressed that the total number of civilian casualties in the Donetsk region — 3,436 killed and 7,898 injured — did not include data from Mariupol and Volnovakha.

As reported earlier, early on August 26, Russian forces attacked Kostiantynivka using FPV drones, killing one woman and injuring two men.

Illustrative photo: Vadym Filashkin / Facebook

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