Russian attacks kill eight civilians, injure 11 more in Donetsk Oblast over past 24 hours

The Russian Armed Forces claimed the lives of five people in the Donetsk Oblast on September 7, in particular three in the city of Kostiantynivka and one each in the settlements of Petrivka and Shcherbynivka.

According to the Donetsk Oblast Military Administration, another 11 people have been injured in Donetsk Oblast over the past 24 hours.

In particular, four people were injured in Kostiantynivka, the same number in Hirnyk, two more in Katerynivka and one in Nova Poltavka.

Donbas News reported that the Russians struck the Zoria hotel with aerial bombs in the city of Mykolayivka.

Destroyed hotel in the city of Mykolayivka, the Donetsk region

Moreover, the Russian militaries killed three women and injured two men in Cherkaske in the Donetsk Oblast on the morning of September 8, 2024, according to the Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office. 

According to the investigation, at 10:30, the Russian troops deployed a multiple rocket launcher system to attack the village of Cherkaske, the Kramatorsk district. Two local women aged 43 and 53 were killed as a result of cluster munitions hitting the villagers’ gardens.

Another woman, 45, sustained fatal injuries inside her house.

Additionally, a man, 48, and the husband of one of the deceased women sustained shrapnel wounds and a craniocerebral injury. The wounded were taken to hospital.

To provide background, on September 5, 2024, Russian forces struck the town of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk Oblast, leaving a 74-year-old man dead and six more civilians with injuries of varying severity.

The Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office reported that a 74-year-old local resident has been killed in a shell strike on the territory of his household. Four men aged 25 to 52 have been injured. They were near one of the local shops. They were diagnosed with shrapnel wounds. The men have received medical assistance for mine-blast injuries and a fracture.

The prosecutor’s office notes that Russian forces attacked the town several times with tubed artillery and also conducted an airstrike, likely using KAB-500 guided aerial bombs. The attacks resulted in civilian casualties and damage to building facades, the premises of a commercial facility, cars and power lines.

Since the onset of the full-scale invasion, the death toll in the Donetsk Oblast, excluding Mariupol and Volnovakha, has reached 2,739.