A 74-year-old woman was killed in the city of Elitsavetivka in Russian attacks in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. In the town of Avdiivka, a 44-year-old man was injured by a projectile on Saturday, a spokeswoman for the region’s prosecutor’s office told broadcaster Suspilne Donbass. Consequently, Avdiivka was attacked with several rocket launchers in the afternoon. According to preliminary information, Elitsavetivka was shelled by cannon artillery.
According to official reports, 16 people were injured in Russian rocket attacks in the city of Kurakhove in the Donetsk region on Friday night.
The Donetsk region is hotly contested. Due to constant shelling in the summer, the Ukrainian government recommended the evacuation of cities in Donbass before the start of the heating season. According to the Unian news agency, 250,000 people have since left for other regions, including 50,000 children.
