Rocket event in Donetsk, Cherkaske area, Ukraine on Mon 12th October 2026

12th October 2026

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Family with child killed in Russian rocket artillery strike on Cherkaske in Donetsk Oblast.

Three people, including a child, have been killed and four others injured as a result of Russian strikes on the settlement of Cherkaske in Donetsk Oblast on the morning of 12 October.

Source: Vadym Filashkin, Head of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram; Donetsk Oblast Police on Telegram

Quote: "Three people have been killed and four injured as a result of a strike on Cherkaske. A 13-year-old girl is among the dead."

Details: Filashkin added that Russian forces used Smerch multiple-launch rocket systems to fire rockets fitted with cluster warheads on the settlement.

"A rocket hit a house. An entire family lost their lives in a single strike," he noted, urging people to evacuate from the oblast.

Update: The police reported that the explosion killed a 13-year-old girl, her 36-year-old mother and her 62-year-old grandmother. Three men aged about 78, 71 and 62 and an 18-year-old man were injured.

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Donetsk ( Cherkaske area )

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