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Heavy Russian Shelling Hits Donetsk Region, Killing at Least Two and Injuring 18

On January 30, Russian forces heavily shelled the Donetsk region, including Kramatorsk, Ivanopillia, Chasiv Yar, Pokrovsk, Bilytske, and Siversk, killing at least 2 people and injuring 18.
This was reported by the Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, Vadym Filashkin, on his official Telegram channel.
In Kramatorsk, at least 13 people have been injured, including two children, an 8-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl.
In Ivanopillia, one person was killed, while in Siversk, another civilian was also killed, with several houses sustaining damage in both towns.

On the same day, two people were injured, and a house and café were damaged in Pokrovsk, and other two people were wounded in Bilytske. Additionally, one person was injured in Chasiv Yar.
In Bilokuzmynivka, Rodynske, Illinivka, and Lyman, several houses and outbuildings sustained damage.
25 private houses were damaged, with seven completely destroyed in Komar, while in Kostyantynivka, 12 apartment buildings, a private house, an administrative building, eight garages, and a vehicle were damaged.
“In total, Russian forces shelled settlements in the Donetsk region 16 times over the past 24 hours. A total of 232 people, including five children, were evacuated from the front-line areas,” Filashkin wrote.

On January 30, a Russian drone struck a residential apartment building in Sumy overnight, killing four people and injuring nine others, including a child.