Damage from the Russian shelling of Kostiantynivka on June 17, 2023. (Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office/Telegram)
A 9-year-old girl and a 57-year-old woman were injured by Russian shelling in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, on June 17, the Prosecutor General's Office reported.
Russia struck the city with artillery, damaging 11 residential buildings, a garage, a gas pipeline, and electricity networks.
Kostiantynivka, a city near Ukraine's eastern front, has regularly been the target of indiscriminate shelling by Russia since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion.
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