Two people killed, 13 injured in Russian shelling of Bakhmut

Two people were killed and thirteen more were injured as Russian troops shelled the town of Bakhmut, Donetsk region.

“According to the investigation data, on January 6, the troops of the Russian Federation carried out another series of artillery strikes on Bakhmut town and Bakhmut district,” the Prosecutor General's Office posted on Telegram.

A 66-year-old man and a 61-year-old woman were killed as a result of powerful mortar attacks on residential neighborhoods. Thirteen more people received mine blast and shrapnel injuries.

Private houses, apartment blocks, and other objects were damaged and destroyed.

Under the procedural guidance of the Donetsk regional prosecutor's office, pre-trial investigations were launched into violations of the laws and customs of war (Part 1, Part 2 of Art. 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

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Prosecutors continue to take all possible and appropriate measures to document war crimes committed by representatives of the armed forces of the Russian Federation.

As reported, Russian troops killed two civilians and injured seven more in Donetsk region on January 6.

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