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Photo 10:59 12 Feb 2024

Russian troops shell front-line town of Selydove: children wounded

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Russian forces shelled the town of Selydove in the eastern Donetsk region overnight. 

Three people were injured in the attack, including two children, Rubryka reports, citing the Prosecutor General's Office.

On February 12, around 00:30, Russian forces shelled the private sector of Selydove with three S-300 missiles.

Photo: t.me/pgo_gov_ua

Photo: t.me/pgo_gov_ua

The attack injured a 63-year-old woman and her two grandchildren, aged 10 and 17. All the injured were taken to the hospital with blast injuries and bruises for medical treatment.

The Russian attack damaged at least 15 private residences and power transmission lines.

Photo: t.me/pgo_gov_ua

Photo: t.me/pgo_gov_ua

Russian forces also shelled Selydove on February 8. One person was killed in the attack, and seven others were injured. The Russians targeted the city seven times. Three people were rescued from the rubble.

During the shelling of Selydove on February 8, Russian forces used a missile from North Korea, KN 23.

Russian nighttime air strike on Ukraine

On the evening of February 11 and overnight on February 12, an air alert was declared in several regions of Ukraine due to the threat of Russian attacks with kamikaze drones and missiles. Russian forces again launched Shahed drones toward Ukraine.

Late in the evening on Sunday, Pavlohrad in the Dnipropetrovsk region was hit by drone attacks. According to Serhii Lysak, the head of the Regional Military Administration, the attack left some settlements near Pavlohrad and Synelnykove without electricity and with water shortages.

Explosions were reported in Kharkiv around eleven o'clock on Sunday evening. Later, local authorities reported rocket strikes in Liubotyn, Kharkiv district. Damage to the facades of non-residential buildings was reported.

During the night of February 12, Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 17 Shahed drones, guided Kh-59 aviation missiles, and S-300 surface-to-air missiles. Ukrainian air defense destroyed 14 drones and one Kh-59 missile.

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