In Kostyantynivka, on October 11, an airstrike on the Church of Job of Pochayevsky killed a 4-year-old girl, whom the priest tried to hide in the church.
This was reported by the head of the Presidential Office, Andriy Yermak.
Yermak noted that the girl’s mother had previously died.
“When you are four, you have your whole life ahead of you. But the Russians decide differently. First they kill your mother. And then they take your life too. Kostyantynivka. October 11. A Russian bomb took the life of a 4-year-old girl. Russians call themselves Christians. And yet they violate the First Commandment day after day. They kill innocents. Rage. Just rage. Fortunately, the priest survived,” Andriy Yermak reported.
According to the main department of the National Police in Donetsk region, two people died and at least five were injured as a result of the massive shelling of Kostyantynivka.
According to the police report, the police, risking their lives, evacuated the wounded under continuous fire. Among the rescued was a two-year-old boy who miraculously escaped injury.
“On October 11, at 10:39, the Russians dropped a FAB-250 bomb on a church where civilians were. Two men, 49 and 56 years old, were killed. Two men, 47 and 74 years old, and two women, 56 and 62 years old, were injured. The younger victim is in serious condition, she has a traumatic amputation of her hand. Law enforcement officers found a two-year-old boy at the scene of the shelling. The child was in the burning city with his father, a priest. The child’s mother was killed in a Russian strike last week.
Another woman, 54, was injured in another airstrike on the city at 10:50 a.m.
Police officers were taking the wounded and the child under fire. Drones swooped down on the police every few minutes, forcing them to disperse and take cover. However, the mission was accomplished: all the injured were taken to the hospital, and the child to a shelter. The issue of evacuating the family to a safe area is being resolved,” the police said.