Russia fires missile at Donetsk Oblast’s Kostiantynivka, injures 4, including child

Russian troops hit the city of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast with an Iskander cruise missile in the morning of Oct. 8, injuring four people, reported the acting governor Ihor Moroz.

Among those injured is a nine-year-old girl, Moroz said.

The attack damaged 19 residences, 10 multistoried buildings, a boiler house, a gas pipeline, a power line, and a car, according to Moroz.

The city of Kostiantynivka lies close to the front line and is a common target of Russian strikes.

Moroz once again urged local residents to evacuate from the city.

"Kostiantynivka is constantly under enemy fire. It is dangerous to stay in the city!" Moroz wrote on Facebook.

Over the past day, Russian troops also attacked the settlements of New York, Chasiv Yar, Torske, and Zarichne in Donetsk Oblast.

Russian attack killed one person in the village of Dronivka, located some 50 kilometers north of Bakhmut, Moroz said.

Son, widow of fallen soldier killed in Russia’s attack on Kharkiv Oblast village

Russian troops launched a missile attack on a grocery store and a café in the village of Hroza in Kharkiv Oblast on Oct. 5, where a funeral reception was being held on the occasion of the reburial of a Ukrainian soldier, said Dmytro Chubenko, a spokesman for the regional prosecutor’s office.

The Kyiv IndependentOlena Goncharova