Rocket event in Donetsk, Kurakhove area, Ukraine on Fri 5th July 2024

Over the past day, Russian troops fired 2,434 times at Donetsk region, causing damage to 66 civilian objects. This was reported by the regional police, Ukrinform reports. "During the day, the enemy struck 2,434 times at the frontline region... 66 civilian objects were damaged - 40 residential buildings, administrative buildings, cafes, a dining room, garages, agricultural machinery and cars, critical infrastructure, 27 hectares of wheat were burned," the report says. It is noted that the Russian army attacked 21 settlements: the cities of Kostiantynivka, Krasnohorivka, Kurakhove, Lyman, Novohrodivka, Selydove, Ukrainsk, the villages of Hrodivka, Drobysheve, Pivnichne, the villages of Vyshneve, Vozdvyzhenka, Zavitne, Katerynivka, Kleban-Byk, Myrne, Mykhailivka, Novoolenivka, Petrivka, Stinky, Tarasivka. In particular, the occupants shelled the village of Stinky with artillery, killing a man and damaging tractors, a combine harvester and an outbuilding. A civilian was killed in Zavetne as a result of a drone attack, and another was killed in Krasnohorivka. The Russians attacked Novohrodivka three times, using Uragan MLRS and drones. Nine civilians were injured, including four children. Three apartment buildings, two administrative buildings, a cafe and a civilian car were damaged. According to law enforcement officials, Ukrainsk survived three Uragan and drone strikes, injuring four residents, damaging eight apartment buildings, nine garages, and a truck. The shelling of Pivnichne injured three civilians, including a boy born in 2014. Russian troops dropped four UMPB D-30SN bombs on Myrne, injuring three residents, damaging five private homes and a business, and destroying a wheat field. Three people were wounded in Kurakhove, where the enemy hit an apartment building. Another person was injured in the village of Kleban-Byk. As a result of the bombing strikes, a critical infrastructure facility was damaged in Lyman, four private houses in Droysheve, an apartment building and six private houses in Tarasivka, and five houses in Petrivka. In addition, after midnight tonight, Russia fired two UMPB D-30SN guided bombs at the residential sector of Kostiantynivka. There is a wounded person, two apartment buildings, four private houses and two cars were damaged. The police and the Security Service of Ukraine opened criminal proceedings under Article 438 (violation of the laws and customs of war) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. As reported, the Russian army killed three residents of Donetsk region and wounded 24 others on July 4.