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Russian airstrike on Donetsk Oblast kills family of 4

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Russian airstrike on Donetsk Oblast kills family of 4
A house destroyed following a Russian airstrike against Izmailivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on Aug. 28, 2024. (Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office/Telegram)

Russian forces dropped an aerial bomb on the village of Izmailivka in Donetsk Oblast on Aug. 28, killing a family of four, the regional prosecutor's office said.

The parents, aged 45 and 53, their 24-year-old daughter and 17-year-old son, were found dead under the rubble of a destroyed house.

According to the prosecutors, Russian forces targeted the residential area of the village, most likely using a guided bomb.

Izmailivka is a front-line village some 27 kilometers (17 miles) south of Pokrovsk, a town that has become the focal point of the Russian offensive in Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast.

On Aug. 27, Russian attacks against Donetsk Oblast injured three civilians, authorities said.

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Martin Fornusek

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Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He was also volunteering as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukraïner. Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.

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