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Russian Strikes Kill One Person, Injure Five in Donetsk Region Amid Heavy Shelling

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Russian Strikes Kill One Person, Injure Five in Donetsk Region Amid Heavy Shelling
Emergency workers dealing with the aftermath of the Russian attack on the Donetsk region on June 5, 2025. (Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Donetsk region)

As a result of Russian strikes on multiple settlements in the Donetsk region on June 5, one person was killed and five were injured, according to Vadym Filashkin, Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration.

In the town of Rodynske in the Pokrovsk district, one person was killed, and three others were injured. The attack damaged four multi-apartment buildings, six garages, an administrative building, and a utility structure. Firefighters have extinguished all the fires.

Emergency workers dealing with the aftermath of the Russian attack on the Donetsk region on June 5, 2025. (Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Donetsk region)
Emergency workers dealing with the aftermath of the Russian attack on the Donetsk region on June 5, 2025. (Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Donetsk region)

Additionally, Russian forces shelled Rai-Oleksandrivka, Sloviansk, Ocheretyn, Novoserhiyivka, Rohansky, Bilokuzminivka, Markove and Siversk, damaging local infrastructure and houses. In Krynytsia, two people were injured.

On June 3, an overnight drone attack by Russian forces struck multiple Ukrainian regions, killing two people and injuring several others, igniting fires and damaging residential and industrial infrastructure in several cities including Odesa, Chernihiv, and Kharkiv.

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