Donetsk region: Smerch rockets kill a family of three in Cherkaske; 44 houses damaged in Sloviansk
Place: Cherkaske, SlovianskRegion: Donetsk regionautomatic summary
Where the versions diverge
Ukrainian and independent sources agree; Russian sources in the sample do not mention the strikes.
What Russia reports
no reports found
What Ukraine reports
automatic summary Donetsk governor Vadym Filashkin said a strike by Smerch rockets with cluster warheads on the village of Cherkaske killed three people and injured four; police said those killed were a 13-year-old girl, her 36-year-old mother and her 62-year-old grandmother. In Sloviansk, according to Vadym Liakh, three Smerch strikes damaged or destroyed at least 44 private houses and injured a 77-year-old woman.
“загинули 13-річна дівчина, її 36-річна мати і 62-річна бабуся”
“пошкоджено і зруйновано щонайменше 44 приватні будинки”
- Росіяни вдарили "Смерчами" по Черкаському на Донеччині – убили сім'ю з дитиною — Ukrainska Pravda, 12 October, 15:09
- Росіяни накрили вогнем "Смерча" Слов'янськ: поранено жінку, пошкоджено 44 приватні будинки — Ukrainska Pravda, 12 October, 14:27
What independent sources report
automatic summary DW, citing Filashkin, reports a family of three killed, including a 13-year-old girl, and four injured.
“убита семья из трех человек, в том числе 13-летняя девочка”
- Под Донецком ударом РФ убита семья из трех человек, включая ребенка — DW (RU), 12 October, 17:35
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