Russian bomb hits Sloviansk shelter, injuring 8; Red Cross team also hurt
A Russian bomb struck a warming shelter in Sloviansk on 13 October, injuring 8 people, as a separate strike wounded 4 Ukrainian Red Cross workers in the city, officials said.
Incidents in this story
- Sloviansk · 13 October: Red Cross team wounded in Sloviansk (4 injured)
- Lisnyi microdistrict, Sloviansk · 13 October, 12:45: Bomb hits Sloviansk shelter (8 injured)
- Sloviansk · 13 October: Woman killed in Semenivka strike (1 killed)
- Donetsk Oblast, 83000-87999 · 13 October: Three killed across Donetsk Oblast (3 killed)
A Russian strike on a Red Cross building in Sloviansk, in Donetsk Oblast, left 4 of the charity's staff wounded on 13 October, the organisation said. Three of them were hospitalised with wounds from shrapnel and burns; a fourth person, found afterwards to have a concussion, was also hospitalised, the Red Cross's Donetsk Oblast branch said.
Hours later, a Russian FAB-250 aerial bomb struck a separate, state-run shelter in the city's Lisnyi district at 12:45 local time, Sloviansk military administration head Vadym Liakh said. These shelters let residents recharge phones and keep warm during Russian-caused power cuts. Liakh put the toll at 8 injured and five damaged apartment blocks; Suspilne Donbas reported the shelter building had been destroyed, though Liakh described it only as damaged.
A separate Russian strike killed a 55-year-old woman in Sloviansk's Semenivka district, Liakh said. Donetsk Oblast head Vadym Filashkin said Russian attacks killed 3 people across the region on 13 October, in Sloviansk, Druzhkivka and Starovarvarivka.
The wounded Red Cross staff work for the charity's Lyman branch, which had relocated to Sloviansk for safety and kept operating there. A fire from the strike on their building damaged the organisation's property as well, the Red Cross said; it said such attacks on aid workers and civilian infrastructure must stop.
Getting help to people in Sloviansk has grown harder. A Russian strike on two buses in nearby Kramatorsk killed 30 people on 8 October, halting public transport in the city, Euromaidan Press reported. Russian drones hit three ambulances in Kramatorsk on 5 October, and a Russian strike destroyed a World Health Organization aid warehouse in Dnipro in August. A curfew from 16:00 to 11:00 will cover nearly all of free Donetsk Oblast from 1 November.
What we know
- A Russian strike on a Red Cross building in Sloviansk wounded 4 staff on 13 October, the organisation said.
- A separate Russian bomb strike on a shelter in Sloviansk's Lisnyi district injured 8 people and damaged five apartment blocks, military administration head Vadym Liakh said.
- A Russian attack on Sloviansk's Semenivka district killed a 55-year-old woman, Liakh said.
- Donetsk Oblast head Vadym Filashkin said Russian attacks killed 3 people across the region on 13 October, in Sloviansk, Druzhkivka and Starovarvarivka.
- Public transport in Sloviansk has stopped since a Russian strike killed 30 people on two buses in nearby Kramatorsk on 8 October.
Not yet confirmed
- Suspilne Donbas reported the shelter building was destroyed; other reporting describes it as damaged, and this has not been independently confirmed.
Why it matters for Europe
The war has repeatedly hit the infrastructure and workers who help Donetsk Oblast residents survive Russian attacks: drones struck ambulances in Kramatorsk on 5 October, and a World Health Organization warehouse was destroyed in Dnipro in August. The shelters hit in Sloviansk exist precisely because Russian strikes repeatedly cut power to the region, leaving residents fewer places to find heat, charging points or aid when both the people providing it and their shelters come under fire.
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Questions and answers
- How many people were hurt in the Sloviansk attacks?
- 4 Red Cross workers were wounded, and a separate bomb strike on a shelter injured 8 more people, officials said.
- Did anyone die in the attacks?
- A 55-year-old woman was killed in Sloviansk's Semenivka district, and officials said 3 people died across Donetsk Oblast that day.
- What weapon hit the shelter?
- A Russian FAB-250 aerial bomb, a 250-kilogram air-dropped weapon, struck it, Sloviansk military administration head Vadym Liakh said.
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