Russian shelling kills two, injures six across Donetsk Oblast towns

As a result of massive Russian shellings of populated areas in the Donetsk region on June 11, 2025, at least two people have been  killed, and six others have been injured, according to the National Police of Ukraine.

The Russian army dropped an aerial bomb on Toretsk in the Pokrovsk Вistrict, killing a civilian. In the village of Raiske, another person was killed as a result of an attack by two Russian drones.

Two civilians were injured in Myrnohrad and Pokrovsk. Another wounded person was reported in Kramatorsk, which was hit by two drones.

Kostiantynivka was shelled with drones and artillery, which resulted in one person injured. The town of Rodynske was hit by a combined artillery and UAV strike. There, the occupiers damaged a building of the State Emergency Service (SES).

In total, the Russians damaged 32 civilian objects, including 13 residential buildings.

The police, together with the Security Service of Ukraine, opened criminal proceedings under Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (violation of the laws and customs of war).

On the morning of June 7, Russian forces killed three people in an attack on the Donetsk Oblast, according to the Donetsk Oblast Military Administration. 

Authorities report that Russian forces killed two people and damaged two houses in the settlement of Yablunivka in the Illinivka hromada. Russian forces killed another person in Kostiantynivka.

An FPV drone injured a resident in Pokrovsk and damaged a farm building.

Additionally, authorities confirmed that a resident of Rubtsi had been killed by Russian forces the previous day..

On June 6, Russian army personnel killed two and injured nine people in Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad, according to the Donetsk Oblast Military Administration.

The military administration specified that besides the deceased, five people were injured, and 13 buildings were damaged in Myrnohrad.

One person was injured and a car was damaged in Novyy Donbas of the Dobropillia hromadaі . 

Another person was injured in Siversk.

Apart from this, one person was injured in Kostiantynivka, and 13 buildings and cars were damaged.

ZMINA continues to report on the ongoing international crimes in the Donetsk Oblast.

Ukraine urges the international community to unite to restore global security under the UN Charter and strengthen sanctions against Russia to enforce compliance with international law. Following Russia’s initial invasion in 2014, Ukraine has pursued the liberation of its territories within its internationally recognised 1991 borders while developing comprehensive reintegration strategies and policies for all liberated areas.

Previously, Bohdan Bernatskyy, a member of the Sanctions Policy Working Group of the Crimean Platform Expert Network, revealed at the Third Parliamentary Summit in Latvia that over 1,300 Russian military companies and 2 million industrial workers continue to operate in Russian military equipment production, many without international restrictions.

Commenting on the proposed 18th sanctions package at the Ukraine–Southeast Europe Summit in Odesa on June 11, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the European Union to adopt tougher sanctions against Russia.

He said the 18th sanctions package against Russia “can be stronger, especially in terms of measures targeting Russian oil tankers and its financial sector.”

According to the Ukrainian President, a cap of 45 dollars per barrel is better than 60. That is clear and true. But real peace will come with a cap of 30 dollars. That is the level that will truly change minds in Moscow.

In an interview with German tabloid Bild, Zelenskyy stated that the Russian ruler, Vladimir Putin, is using the topic of talks in Istanbul with Ukraine to avoid tougher sanctions and believes that “Russia is lying” to US President Donald Trump.

Zelenskyy noted that it is important for Moscow “to show Trump that there is a diplomatic bridge between Ukraine and Russia”.

“So that sanctions are not imposed against Russia” while talks are ongoing, he added.

“Because Putin could always say: ‘But we are talking to each other! There will be no more talks if sanctions are imposed.’”

Zelenskyy is convinced that “Putin does not want peace”. In his opinion, the Russians are also pursuing another goal. They want “dialogue without Europeans and without Americans” in order to isolate Ukraine.

“A prolonged war without support from our partners would be the perfect scenario for Putin. He cannot withstand a long war with partners and sanctions,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.