Russians shell Donetsk region, leaving three killed, five wounded

Russians shell Donetsk region, leaving three killed, five wounded

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Over the past day, three residents of the Donetsk region were killed and five others were injured as a result of Russian shelling.

The head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, Vadym Filashkin, reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.

According to him, on February 28 Russian forces killed two people in Druzhkivka and one in Kostiantynivka. In addition, five people were wounded.

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It is noted that the total number of victims of Russian aggression in the Donetsk region (4,064 killed and 8,947 injured) is given without taking into account Mariupol and Volnovakha.

As Ukrinform reported, Russian troops shelled a settlement in the Sloviansk community of the Donetsk region with a Smerch multiple launch rocket system, damaging 17 houses, a store, and vehicles.

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