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Kurakhove shelling and a week of strikes
Summary
A look back at the reports from 7 December 2022 and the two days before, when shelling killed civilians in Donetsk Oblast and long-range attacks hit both sides.
What did the war look like on 7 December 2022? Reports from that day and the days just before it point to attacks on civilians and to strikes reaching far from the front line.
On 7 December 2022, Russian forces shelled Kurakhove in Donetsk Oblast, killing ten civilians and injuring five others.
Two days earlier, on 5 December 2022, Russia launched another wave of cruise missile strikes on Ukraine. In Zaporizhzhia Oblast, homes were destroyed and two people were killed. Damage to critical infrastructure caused power outages in many other areas.
The same day, Russia said a long-range drone attack had hit its Dyagilevo Air Base and Engels-2 Air Base. According to Russia, three servicemen were killed, four others were injured and two aircraft were damaged.
Taken together, the reports from those three days show civilians in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts bearing the cost of shelling and missile strikes, with power supplies disrupted across a wider area. They also show Russia reporting casualties and damage at air bases on its own territory.
