Russian drone hits civilian car in Donetsk region: paramedic and two civilians injured

In Donetsk region, a Russian drone attacked a civilian VAZ car. Three people were injured.

A Russian drone attacked a civilian car in Donetsk region, among the injured is a 58-year-old paramedic from a local ambulance station who was on shift, the Donetsk region police report.

Fortunately, help arrived within a few minutes – at that moment the White Angel crew was passing nearby. The police officers, together with a volunteer, were heading to evacuate a family with a child to Yarovaya – the report says.

According to law enforcement officers, one of the passengers in the car was a 58-year-old paramedic from a local ambulance station who was on shift. The woman was injured in the leg by a metal fragment, her son was scratched. The 65-year-old driver suffered the most – he suffered multiple head and chest injuries. All three received concussion.

Police officers, who were driving in the chaplain’s armored car, took the injured from the open area and provided them with first aid, after which they were taken to the hospital. The crew then headed to the village of Yarova, where a family with a child was waiting for evacuation.

10-year-old Daryna was leaving with her parents and grandmother, who cannot move independently. The girl took a parrot and kittens with her.

Since the beginning of August, the Lymanska community has been undergoing a forced evacuation of families with children. Law enforcement officers, together with volunteers, are organizing the safe departure of families in armored vehicles, after which the evacuees head to other regions of Ukraine, where they receive housing and social support from the state.