October 23, 2025
Russian soldiers shoot five civilians in Donetsk – reports
Five civilians were shot by Russian troops in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk this week, according to local authorities.
Ukrainian public prosecutors said the incident occurred in the village of Zvanivka, about 35 kilometers (21 miles) north of Bakhmut and 45 kilometers (28 miles) east of Kramatorsk in the north of the Donetsk region.
According to prosecutors, a woman who survived the incident said that Russian soldiers had demanded information from her family about the positions of Ukrainian units.
When the family were unable to provide such information, the soldiers allegedly shot her husband, two sons and two neighbors, who were all unarmed.
Meanwhile in Kramatorsk, a key logistical hub close to the front line, two journalists from the Ukrainian state broadcaster “Freedom” were killed by a Russian drone, according to Ukrainian media and authorities.
Olena Gramova, 43, and Yevgen Karmazin, 33, were killed by a Lancet drone while they were seated in their car at a garage in the industrial city.
Karmazin was reportedly a native of Kramatorsk, which had a pre-war population of about 150,000 and is one of the few remaining major urban centers in the Donetsk region still under Ukrainian control.
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