Casualties Reported As Russians Attack Rodynske And Kostiantynivka In Donetsk Region

2025-07-18 05:06:21

(MENAFN- UkrinForm) The Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office reported this on Facebook , according to Ukrinform.

In the morning of July 18, 2025, at 5:30, Russian forces launched a targeted strike with an FPV drone on a volunteer organization's vehicle involved in the evacuation of civilians from Rodynske.

As a result of the drone attack, a 42-year-old volunteer driver and two civilians - a 77-year-old man and a 67-year-old woman - were injured. The victims sustained blast and craniocerebral trauma, as well as shrapnel wounds.

Just thirty minutes later, Russian troops attacked Kostiantynivka using FAB-250 aerial bombs equipped with a UMPC (Universal Gliding and Correction Module). One of three airstrikes hit a residential building, killing a 66-year-old woman in her home. A 64-year-old man was also injured, suffering a blast injury and multiple shrapnel wounds to the head.

The attacks damaged 16 private homes, vehicles, and a gas pipeline.

Under the procedural guidance of the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka district prosecutor's offices, pre-trial investigations have been launched under Part 1 and Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (violation of the laws and customs of war).

Read also: Injuries, damage reported as Russians attack Chuhuiv in Kharkiv region

As previously reported, on July 17, Russian forces killed four civilians in Donetsk region and wounded 12 others.

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