Russia Many dead after Russian airstrike in the Donets Basin

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8.3.2025 - 08:28

HANDOUT - A Russian army multiple rocket launcher fires on a Ukrainian position (archive photo). Photo: Uncredited/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service/AP/dpa
HANDOUT - A Russian army multiple rocket launcher fires on a Ukrainian position (archive photo). Photo: Uncredited/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service/AP/dpa
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Russia has killed at least eleven people in a new heavy airstrike in the eastern Ukrainian mining town of Dobropillya in the Donetsk region, according to the authorities. At least 30 people, including five children, were injured in the hits on residential buildings, according to rescue workers. Eight five-storey residential buildings were damaged and around 30 cars. Photos showed burning buildings. Around 20 apartments caught fire, it was reported.

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According to the report, Russia used its Tornado multiple rocket launcher, as well as drones and an Iskander missile. The city has often been the target of attacks. Five people were initially reported dead in the evening. In total, at least 20 people have died in the Donetsk region since Friday, as Governor Vadym Filashkin announced on Telegram.

According to the authorities, at least three people were also killed in the Kharkiv region in eastern Ukraine. Several people were injured in the drone attack in the middle of the night.

The information cannot be independently verified. Russia has been waging a destructive war of aggression against Ukraine for more than three years.