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Donetsk shelling kills civilians in two towns
Summary
A look back at Russian shelling of Kurakhove and Toretsk in the Donetsk region on 7 and 8 December 2022.
What did the war look like for civilians in the Donetsk region on 8 December 2022? It looked like shelling along the front line, which killed one civilian and damaged buildings in Toretsk.
The day before, on 7 December 2022, Russian forces had shelled Kurakhove, in Donetsk Oblast. Ten civilians were killed and five others were injured.
A pattern across two days
Taken together, the two days show front-line towns in the same region coming under fire in quick succession. Kurakhove suffered the heavier toll, with ten dead and five wounded. Toretsk, hit the following day, saw one civilian killed and buildings damaged.
Both episodes belonged to the Russian invasion of Ukraine that began in 2022, and both fall within attacks on civilians during that war. Civilians, not only soldiers, were bearing the cost of the fighting in Donetsk Oblast as the year drew to a close.
