Bomb (Air Delivered)

Bomb (Air Delivered) event in Ukraine on Wed 28th August 2024

28th August 2024

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An entire family was killed in a Russian attack targeting Donetsk Oblast on 28 August.

Source: Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office

Details: The investigation has found that the Russians dropped an aerial bomb on the village of Izmailivka in the Pokrovsk district on 28 August.

The munition landed in a residential area, hitting a house.

An entire family died under the rubble of their home – parents aged 45 and 53, along with their 17-year-old son and 24-year-old daughter. Emergency workers recovered their bodies from under the rubble.

Early reports indicate that the Russians struck the village with a guided aerial bomb.

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