Enemy artillery attacked a dugout in the Toretsky direction, Donetsk region, on July 19, 2024, injuring two photographers and two military personnel.
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Two Kharkiv photographers Olha Kovalyova and Vladyslav Krasnoshchok came under fire from enemy artillery near the front line in the area of the Toretsky direction in Donetsk region on July 19, 2024.
The enemy fired 13 shots, with the 13th hitting the dugout where the photographers and military personnel were hiding.
Olha Kovalova was injured with shrapnel wounds to her armpit, supraclavicular suprathoracic area, arm, and chest fracture, and was hospitalized.
Vladyslav Krasnoshchok and the military personnel in the dugout were also injured.
Forest burns after Russian shelling in Raihorodok, Donetsk Oblast
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