Projectile event in Donetsk, Toretsk area, Ukraine on Sun 3rd September 2023

On September 3, 2023, Russian troops were shelling the Donetsk region’s settlements. One civilian was reported killed and five injured. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. According to the investigation data, Russian artillery strikes affected such settlements as Pivnichne, Toretsk and Tykhonivka. As a result, a detached house was destroyed. A man, 84, was trapped under the rubble and died. His wife, 85, was taken to hospital with injuries. Additionally, three men, aged 19, 41 and 45, and a woman, 61, received shrapnel injuries and fractures. All of them were inside their houses during the enemy attack. Criminal proceedings were opened according to Part 1, 2 of Art. 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (violation of the laws and customs of war).