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Child Among Dead as Russian Strikes Rock Eastern Ukraine
3 Jul
Summary
- Three people were killed in separate Russian attacks across eastern Ukraine.
- A seven-year-old child was among the fatalities in Dnipropetrovsk region.
- Donetsk and Luhansk regions also reported casualties from Russian shelling and drone strikes.
Russian attacks resulted in three fatalities across different regions of eastern Ukraine on Thursday. In the Dnipropetrovsk region, a seven-year-old child was killed and two others were injured near Synelnykove. Attacks around Nikopol also caused one death and three injuries.
Further east, the Donetsk region experienced significant shelling. Governor Vadym Filashkin reported that Oleksandrivka was hit by seven Russian bombs, killing one person and injuring two. Additionally, one person died southwest of Donetsk city.
In the Luhansk region, which is stated to be fully under Russian control, officials reported that a Ukrainian drone strike on a minibus resulted in nine injuries. Reuters was unable to independently verify these accounts.
