Victim toll of Russian strike on Sloviansk climbs to three

According to Ukrinform, the head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, Vadym Filashkin, reported on Facebook that the Russians had killed three people in Sloviansk.

Another 18 people in the region were wounded.

The total number of Russian victims in the Donetsk region (4,017 dead and 8,890 wounded) omits Mariupol and Volnovakha.

Vadym Liakh, head of the Sloviansk City Military Administration, added on Facebook that a man born in 1986 died during the night from injuries sustained in a Russian airstrike on the city.

Photo: Vadym Liakh/FB

"Thus, we have three fatalities from yesterday's shelling. Among them is an 11-year-old child. Another 16 people, including a seven-year-old girl, were wounded. Seven of them are in hospitals in Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. Two are in severe condition, and we plan to send them to Dnipro. All others received outpatient care," Liakh said.

As reported by Ukrinform, on February 10, Russians struck Sloviansk with guided aerial bombs. Sixteen people were reported injured, and two killed (a woman and her 11-year-old daughter).

The first photo: Vadym Filashkin/FB