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Russians launch missile attack on Myrnohrad in Donetsk Region at night, wound six

Two children are among the injured. The missile destroyed an administrative building, damaged seven 5-storey buildings, a shop, a facility, a school and 29 cars. 

Russians launch missile attack on Myrnohrad in Donetsk Region at night, wound six
Photo: Telegram/Vadym Filashkin

In the middle of the night, Russians attacked Myrnohrad, wounding six civilians, said Vadym Filashkin, head of the Donetsk RMA.

Two children are among the injured. All the wounded were provided with the necessary medical care, one man was taken to hospital.

The missile destroyed an administrative building, damaged seven 5-storey buildings, a shop, industrial building, a school and 29 cars. Numerous private houses were also damaged - the exact number is being established.

Local authorities, police and rescuers are working at the scene. We are carefully documenting all the circumstances of the crime.

According to the Prosecutor General's Office, 6 local residents were injured in the attack - three men aged 25, 40 and 49, a 37-year-old woman and her 16-year-old daughter. An 8-year-old girl was also wounded. All the victims were in their homes during the shelling.

Filashkin also reported on the operational situation in the Region as of the morning of 26 January.

Pokrovskyy district. Avdiyivka came under shelling. In the Maryinka community, Krasnohorivka and the outskirts of Illinka and Romanivka were shelled. In Ocheretynska community, two houses in Novobakhmutivka were damaged. In Novohrodivka, 10 private houses, 2 two-storey buildings, 3 hospital buildings and a shop were damaged. In Myrnohrad, a missile strike injured 6 people, destroyed an administrative building, damaged 7 five-storey buildings, a shop, a business and 29 cars.

Kramatorsk district. The outskirts of Lyman and Kostyantyniv communities were shelled, causing no casualties or damage.

Bakhmut district. In Chasovoyar community, four private houses, two multi-storey buildings and a non-residential building were damaged. In Siversk, three houses and one administrative building were damaged.

In total, the Russians fired 8 times at the settlements of Donetsk Region over the last day. 95 people were evacuated from the frontline, including 26 children. 

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