Three killed, five injured in Russian attacks on east Ukrainian town
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Russian troops shelled residential parts of Kostiantynivka, killing three women.
PHOTO: TELEGRAM/VADYM FILASHKIN
KYIV – Three women were killed and five other people were injured on Sept 11 during Russian attacks on the eastern Ukrainian town of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, prosecutors said.
Russian troops shelled a residential part of the town, some 14km from the active combat zone, and killed two elderly women, the prosecutor-general’s office said on the Telegram messaging app.
Later, Russian forces hit another residential area, likely with a self-propelled multiple rocket launcher, killing a middle-aged woman and injuring five other civilians, it said.
The Donetsk region, which Russian troops partially occupy, regularly comes under Russian shelling and air strikes.
Moscow denies targeting civilians or civilian infrastructure in its invasion of Ukraine, although thousands of people have been killed in its attacks. REUTERS
