According to Ukrinform, Vadym Filashkin, head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration, reported this on Facebook.

He said that Russian forces killed one person in Druzhkivka.

Five more people in the region were wounded: two in Druzhkivka, one in Kramatorsk, one in Krasnotorets (Kramatorsk City Community), and one in Bilozerske.

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The total number of victims caused by Russian forces in the Donetsk region (4,268 dead and 10,182 injured) does not include figures from Mariupol and Volnovakha.

As reported by Ukrinform, on August 16 in Kramatorsk, a Russian drone strike destroyed Nova Poshta branch No. 3, killing one employee and injuring four others.

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