As a result of massive shelling by the Russian army over the past day, numerous human casualties and destruction of civilian infrastructure have been recorded in the Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions. In total, four people were killed, and another ten were injured of varying degrees of severity.
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Shelling in Donetsk region: casualties and injuries among civilians
The head of the Donetsk regional administration, Vadim Filashkin, reported three fatalities among residents of the region and six injured. The most affected areas were Pokrovsk, Kramatorsk, and Bakhmut. In Dobropillia, one person was killed due to enemy attacks, and four others were injured. In Mykolaivka of the Kramatorsk district, the shelling resulted in the deaths of two individuals and damage to technical premises. Private houses and vehicles were also damaged in Sloviansk, and two people were injured in Druzhkivka. In the Bakhmut district, residential buildings were damaged in Riznykivka and Sviato-Pokrovske of the Siversk community.
Situation in Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson regions: new attacks and destruction
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, according to the head, Oleksandr Handzi, one person was killed, and four others were injured as a result of over 20 attacks by drones, artillery, and aerial bombs on five districts of the region. In particular, in Dnipro, an injured man was hospitalized in moderate condition, a local resident was killed in the Synelnykove district, and a woman was injured. In Pavlohrad, two men were injured—one is in the hospital, and the other is receiving outpatient treatment.
In Kherson, Russian military struck a number of settlements, including the regional center. According to the head of the region, Oleksandr Prokudin, the shelling targeted critical and social infrastructure. Among the damages are residential buildings, a gas station, agricultural machinery, and private vehicles. As a result of these attacks, 12 people were injured, including one child.
“Kramatorsk district. In Mykolaivka, 2 people were killed, and technical premises were damaged. In Sloviansk, a private house and a car were damaged. In Druzhkivka, 2 people were injured,” said the head of the region.
Russian military systematically use a wide arsenal of weapons—from strike drones to missiles, aerial bombs, and multiple launch rocket systems—to attack Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure across all regions of the country. Ukrainian authorities and international organizations classify such actions as war crimes of the Russian Federation, emphasizing their targeted nature.
Shelling of life-support systems, hospitals, energy, and communication facilities aimed at depriving people of access to basic services and assistance is considered a sign of genocidal actions. Human rights defenders and genocide researchers note that Russia is committing all types of crimes during the large-scale war that may fall under the definition of genocide: from public calls for the destruction of Ukrainians, targeted attacks on civilians to the deportation of children and destruction of Ukrainian culture in occupied territories.
In 1948, the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. To date, 149 participating countries have committed to preventing acts of genocide and punishing them in both wartime and peacetime. According to the Convention, genocide is defined as acts aimed at the total or partial destruction of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. Signs include the killing of members of the group, creating conditions that lead to its destruction, preventing births, forcibly transferring children, and publicly inciting such actions.
At the same time, the leadership of Russia denies that its troops are deliberately striking civilian objects, killing peaceful residents, and destroying important social infrastructure in Ukraine.