Russian airstrike on Sloviansk kills one, injures ten, traps people under rubble

nv.ua (Ukrainian) —

Russian forces struck Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast with aerial bombs overnight on Saturday, October 17, killing one person and injuring ten others, with people possibly trapped under rubble. The attack occurred around 03:40 using FAB-250 bombs on a residential district, hitting two apartment buildings. Four of the injured are hospitalized, and search operations are ongoing at the strike sites. In total, eight high-rise buildings were damaged, two partially destroyed. On October 11, Russian forces dropped three FAB-250 bombs on the city, wounding seven people and damaging eight buildings and a store.


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