On 12 October, Russian forces shelled the settlement of Cherkaske in Kramatorsk district, Donetsk region. Three members of the same family were killed in the attack, including a 13-year-old child. Four more people were wounded.
This was reported by the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
According to investigators, the shelling occurred at 11:15. The Russian army hit a private residential area with a Smerch multiple-launch rocket system. One of the rockets struck a household and completely destroyed it.
As a result of the attack, a 36-year-old woman, her 62-year-old mother and her 13-year-old daughter were killed. Three men and the 18-year-old son of the woman who was killed suffered injuries.
Under the procedural supervision of the Kramatorsk District Prosecutor’s Office, a pre-trial investigation has been launched into a war crime, under Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
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