Law enforcement officers have established the type of weapons and units of the Russian troops that attacked representatives of the Red Cross in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi has reported on the situation in the Donetsk region and Russia’s Kursk region to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
France has condemned the attack on the International Committee of the Red Cross convoy that took place on September 12 in Donetsk region and killed three Ukrainian ICRC employees.
The dead and injured as a result of a Russian artillery strike on Viroliubivka, Donetsk region, are staff members of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
In Mykolaivka, Donetsk region, the bodies of two people were retrieved from under the rubble of the destroyed hotel; the rescue work has been completed by now.
In Donetsk region, on the morning of September 8, Russian troops fired MLRS with cluster munitions at the village of Cherkaske, Kramatorsk district, killing three people and injuring two others.
There are still 2,289 children living in the settlements located within the zone of active hostilities in the Donetsk region. In the past seven days, 310 children have been evacuated.
Repair works within the Donetsk region’s Second Donetsk Water Main have been completed. Now, normal water supply services will be restored in such settlements as Druzhkivka and Kostiantynivka.
Since the beginning of the week, rescuers have evacuated 39 people from the frontline towns and villages of the Donetsk region, according to the State Emergency Service.
On August 28, the Russians dropped an aerial bomb on Izmailivka in Donetsk region killing the whole family – parents aged 45 and 53 as well as their 17-year-old son and 24-year-old daughter. The people died buried under the rubble.
It is more important for Russian forces and Russia's leadership to continue the offensive on the Pokrovsk axis in the Donetsk region than to stop Ukraine's incursion into the Kursk region.
On Wednesday, August 21, the Russians opened fire at the Phoenix evacuation group as rescuers were driving civilians out of an embattled settlement in Donetsk region.
Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko visited the National Guard units that are serving in the most difficult areas of Donetsk region as part of the Defense Forces.