The Ukrainian army’s strike on Donetsk left five local residents wounded, according to a statement relayed by a Telegram channel that quoted the city mayor, Alexey Kulemzin. The claim states that Ukrainian forces used unmanned aerial vehicles to strike a populated area, with quadcopters dropping ammunition in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk. In a subsequent summary, Kulemzin noted that five people were injured in the Biryuzova microdistrict, specifying that two women and three men, born in 1966, were among the casualties. Additional details about the injured individuals were not released at the time, and the current condition of those hurt had not been disclosed (attribution: local authorities via a Telegram channel).
On December 23, Vladimir Saldo, the Kherson Region governor, reported that Ukrainian forces fired several HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems at the village of Maxim Gorky during the night. He added that a kindergarten and a school were struck in the attack, with the educational facility suffering serious damage and the school’s security guard sustaining serious injuries and being hospitalized (attribution: regional administration briefings).
Earlier, reports indicated that Ukrainian fighters had launched a volley of rockets that hit the city of Gorlovka in Donetsk. The sequence of reported strikes underscores ongoing volatility in the region and highlights the broader pattern of civilian infrastructure exposure to military fire (attribution: regional security updates).