In Donetsk region, two mine workers were killed by shelling

Two mine workers in the Donetsk region were killed as a result of Russian shelling, another was hospitalized, the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine reported on September 22.

“Donetsk region: a fire broke out due to shelling of the mine territory, combustion products did not enter the mine. At the time of the incident, there were 371 workers in the mine, all of whom were brought to the surface. The fire has been extinguished. As a result of the inspection of the buildings, two female workers were found dead, another victim was taken to the hospital,” the report says.

According to the Ministry of Energy, on September 21 due to shelling and fighting there were power cuts in the Donetsk, Poltava and Sumy regions.

The head of the Donetsk regional military administration, Vadym Filashkin, said that on September 21 and in the morning of September 22, four people were killed and 12 wounded in Donetsk region due to Russian shelling.

According to him, during the day, the Russian forces shelled populated areas of Donetsk region 24 times.

The forces of the Russian Federation regularly attack Ukrainian regions with various types of weapons – attack UAVs, missiles, anti-aircraft missiles, anti-aircraft missiles.

The leadership of Russia denies that the Russian army during a full-scale war inflicts targeted strikes on the civilian infrastructure of the cities and villages of Ukraine, killing the civilian population and destroying hospitals, schools, kindergartens, energy and water supply facilities.

The Ukrainian authorities and international organizations qualify these strikes as war crimes by the Russian Federation and emphasize that they are purposeful in nature.