💥 Attack

Russia shelled and destroyed a Red Cross office in the town of Kurakhove in the Donetsk region. The Ukrainian Red Cross issued a statement condemning the attack and noting that no staff or volunteers were injured.

October 22, 2024 Kurakhove, Donetsk Oblast

Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources

Kyiv Post Ukrinform Kyiv Independent UNIAN

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Entities

Ukrainian Red Cross (organization) Russian armed forces (military_unit) Russian forces (military_unit) Kurakhove (location) Center for Countering Disinformation (organization) National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (organization) Andrii Kovalenko (person) KAB-250 (weapon_system) Russian army (organization) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Russia (organization) Pokrovsk (location) Donetsk Oblast (location) Andrii Polukhin (person) 24th Mechanized Brigade (military_unit) Ivan Petrychak (person) 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade (military_unit) Chasiv Yar (location) Konstantinovka (location) Ukrainian military (organization) 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after King Daniel (military_unit) Andriy Polukhin (person) Siversky Donets canal (location) Pavlo Narozhnyi (person) Russian occupying forces (organization) Ukrainian Defense Forces (organization) Leopard 2A4 (weapon_system) 33rd Mechanized Brigade (military_unit) 79th Air Assault Brigade (military_unit) BMP (weapon_system)

Source Reports

What each source reports. "Source tone" reflects the language used by the outlet — it is not an independent verification.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Russia shelled and destroyed a Red Cross office in Kurakhove, Donetsk region

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

No staff or volunteers were injured in the attack

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The flag of North Korea in the area of Tsukuryne settlement of Donetsk region has not been discovered after verifying information from military command

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Two people were killed in the town of Myrnohrad.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Russian occupiers have not broken into Ukrainian defenders' positions in Chasiv Yar

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