Russia shelled seven regions of Ukraine: there are fatalities and injuries. VIDEO+PHOTOS
Throughout the day on 11 October and during the night of 11–12 October, Russian forces attacked a number of regions in Ukraine using artillery, aerial bombs, missiles and drones. There have been fatalities and injuries amongst civilians, and damage has been caused to residential buildings, businesses, vehicles and infrastructure.
According to Censor.NET.
The Donetsk region suffered the heaviest civilian casualties, with one person killed and 18 others injured as a result of the shelling. There has also been one fatality and several injuries in the Sumy region, whilst people have been injured in the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions.
Donetsk region: one fatality and 18 injured
According to the Donetsk regional police, on 11 October, Russian forces carried out 1,543 strikes along the front line and in residential areas of the region. Five settlements came under fire.
In Sloviansk, as a result of seven strikes – three of which were carried out using KAB-250 aerial bombs – a 71-year-old man was killed and ten other people were injured. Ten blocks of flats and five private houses, a shop and two market stalls were damaged.
In Kramatorsk, Russian forces attacked the city 12 times with bombs and drones. Three civilians were injured. Residential buildings, non-residential premises, an infrastructure facility, shopping pavilions and civilian vehicles were damaged.
In Yasnohirka, three people were injured and a workshop was damaged. In Druzhkivka, two civilians were injured as a result of an FPV drone strike. In Ocheretyne, two private houses, an outbuilding and three cars were damaged.
In total, 42 civilian sites were damaged, including 19 residential buildings.
In addition, on the night of 12 October, Russian forces twice attacked blocks of flats in Kramatorsk using FPV drones. Information regarding possible casualties is being verified.
Sumy region: one man killed, others injured
According to regional authorities, between the morning of 11 October and the morning of 12 October, Russian forces carried out over 80 shelling attacks on 22 settlements across 11 local communities in the Sumy region. The highest number of attacks was recorded in the Sumy and Shostka districts, the Regional Military Administration reported.
In the Krasnopillia community, a 39-year-old man was killed when a drone struck a civilian vehicle.
In the Yampil community, two men aged 44 and 59 were injured when a drone struck an ambulance.
In the Kyrykiv community, a 59-year-old man was injured when a tractor ran over him and an explosive device detonated. In the Hlukhiv community, a 58-year-old man was wounded after being struck by a Russian UAV.
People injured on 10 October in the Seredyno-Budska community also sought medical attention: a 17-year-old boy, men aged 55 and 46, and a 64-year-old woman.
As a result of the shelling, civilian infrastructure was damaged in the Sumy, Vorozhba, Krasnopillia, Seredyno-Budska and Hlukhiv communities. In the Yampil community, a service vehicle was damaged; in Krasnopillia, a civilian vehicle was destroyed; and in Kyrykiv, a tractor was destroyed.
Chernihiv region: fires and damage to homes
Russian troops continued to attack the Chernihiv region with drones. According to reports from the head of the regional military administration, Viacheslav Chaus, and the police, no one was injured.
On the evening of 11 October, the enemy attacked a business in the Chernihiv district. A fire broke out following the strike, which was extinguished by the emergency services.
During the night in Snovsk, Koriukivka District, a private house caught fire following a strike by a ‘Geran’-type drone.
At around 04:45 in Adamivka, Nizhyn district, a drone strike damaged the windows and roof of an outbuilding – a summer kitchen.
In the Kozelets community of the Chernihiv district, a farm building and a car were damaged in the morning.
Also, in the Semenivska community of the Novhorod-Siverskyi district, a Russian ‘Molniya’ UAV struck near a residential property. A fence and beehives were damaged.
Dnipropetrovsk region: a business, houses and cars damaged
On the morning of 12 October, regional authorities reported that Russian troops had attacked three districts in the Dnipropetrovsk region more than ten times with artillery and drones, according to the head of the regional military administration, Oleksandr Hanzha.
Fires broke out in the Petrykivka and Mykolaiv communities in the Dniprovskyi district.
A business was damaged in Pavlohrad. In the Nikopol district, the district centre, as well as the Marhanetsk and Pokrovsk communities, came under attack. Block-of-flats and cars were damaged.
According to preliminary reports, no one was injured as a result of these attacks.
Zaporizhzhia region: 817 strikes in 24 hours
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces carried out 817 strikes on 57 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region. According to regional authorities, one person was injured as a result of an attack on Zaporizhzhia, said Ivan Fedorov, co-chair of the regional defence council.
The Russian army carried out 21 air strikes, deployed 626 drones of various types, predominantly FPV drones, fired on settlements four times using multiple launch rocket systems, and carried out 166 artillery strikes.
Zaporizhzhia, Orikhiv, Huliaipole and dozens of other settlements in the region came under attack.
Kherson region: two people injured
Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops have shelled Kherson and settlements in the Kherson and Beryslav districts with artillery and drones.
According to reports from the head of the regional military administration, Oleksandr Prokudin, and the police, two people were injured as a result of the Russian aggression.
In the village of Tekstylne, an FPV drone attacked a 51-year-old woman. Police took her to hospital with blast injuries and shrapnel wounds to her abdomen and thigh.
In Mykilske, a 54-year-old man was injured as a result of an attack by an FPV drone. He was hospitalised with blast injuries and shrapnel wounds to his arms and legs.
Three blocks of flats and two private houses, two cars and a garage were damaged as a result of the shelling. Damage to homes, garages and vehicles was reported in Antonivka, Komyshany, Bilozerka, Novomykolaivka and other settlements.
Mykolaiv region: port infrastructure and residential buildings damaged
In Mykolaiv, Russian troops attacked port and civilian infrastructure using Shahed-type strike UAVs. A cargo terminal and a warehouse were damaged. During the night, the city was also attacked by an FPV drone, resulting in damage to the road surface. There were no casualties, according to Heorhii Reshetilov, acting head of the Regional Military Administration.
In the village of Martynivske, in the Prybuzhany community of the Voznesensk district, the windows of a private house were damaged following a Shahed attack.
In Ochakiv, Mykolaiv District, a 54-year-old woman was injured as a result of a ‘Banderole’ missile strike. Her condition is reported to be stable. A warehouse, four two-storey blocks of flats and one private house were also damaged.
In the village of Lymani, in the Halytsynivska community, three private houses and outbuildings were damaged as a result of attacks by FPV drones. There were no casualties in this settlement.
