“A child was killed: russians killed four people in the Donetsk oblast, six were wounded. On January 22, police recorded 1,458 enemy strikes along the front line and against the residential sector of the region. Six settlements were under fire: the cities of Druzhkivka, Kostiantynivka, Mykolaivka, the settlement of Cherkaske, the villages of Maiaky and Shchurove. Eight civilian objects were damaged, including three residential houses”, - the Donetsk oblast police wrote on the morning of January 23.
The enemy troops struck Cherkaske with two Geran-2 UAVs. Four people were killed, including a five-year-old boy. Five civilians were wounded, three of them children — girls aged 12, 14, and 16. Two private houses were completely destroyed, and two cars were damaged.
In Druzhkivka, a civilian was injured as a result of an FPV drone strike. The enemy also attacked the city with a Smerch MLRS — a private house was damaged.
Russia dropped three KAB-250 bombs on Mykolaivka — infrastructure was damaged. In Maiaky, an administrative building was damaged.
The Donetsk oblast prosecutor’s office clarified information about the victims of the shelling. As a result of hits on residential houses, a 32-year-old man and his 5-year-old son were killed, as well as two of their neighbors. In addition, the mother of the killed boy and three girls aged 12, 14, and 16 sustained bodily injuries. A 34-year-old local resident was also wounded. At the moment of the strikes, the victims were inside their homes.
The injured were diagnosed with blast injuries, burns, and abrasions. Doctors assess the condition of the wounded as severe and moderate.
Two households were destroyed.
