Russian Drone Kills Baby in Marhanets High-Rise
Early Saturday morning, Aug. 15, Russian forces launched a drone attack on a high-rise residential building in Marhanets, Dnipropetrovsk region. The strike killed a three-month-old boy and injured 11 people, with seven hospitalized in critical condition. Separately, drones hit Zaporizhzhia, damaging a shopping center and an industrial enterprise. These attacks follow deadly strikes on Aug. 14 in…
On August 15, Russian forces targeted a multi-story residential building in Marhanets, Dnipropetrovsk region, using attack drones, resulting in the death of a three-month-old baby. Oleksandr Hanzha, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, reported on Telegram that the attack left 11 people injured. Seven of the victims required hospitalization in serious condition, including two children: a five-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl.
Concurrently, Russian troops launched a drone assault on the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, damaging a shopping center that caught fire and striking an industrial enterprise. These attacks followed a series of deadly bombardments across Ukraine on August 14. In the Cherkasy region, a separate incident occurred on the same day when Russian forces struck a residential building in Smila territorial community, injuring three people, according to Cherkasy regional governor Ihor Taburets.
Further east, in the Donetsk region, Russian forces conducted multiple strikes on Thursday evening, targeting the city of Kramatorsk and the village of Bilenke eight times. Donetsk regional governor Vadym Filashkin reported that the strikes killed at least one person and wounded 15 others.
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