💥 Attack

Russian forces shot and killed a civilian family (parents) in the village of Shandryholove in Donetsk Oblast, and abducted their underage daughter to use as a human shield during their advance.

September 24, 2025 Shandryholove, Donetsk Oblast

Likely Reported by 3 independent sources

Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

Two or more independent sources agree on the core facts. Additional sources would further strengthen this assessment.

Entities

Ukrainian 3rd Army Corps (military_unit) Shandryholove (location) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Ukrainian defense forces (military_unit) Russian occupiers (military_unit) 425th separate assault regiment "Skelia" (military_unit) Russian soldiers (person) Novomykhailivka (location) Hrekivka (location) Kolodiazi (location) Novoselivka (location) Derylove (location) Zarichne (location) Serebrianka (location) Orikhovo-Vasylivka (location) Dronivka (location) Yampil (location) Oleksandro-Shultyne (location) Shcherbynivka (location) Pleshchiivka (location) Yablunivka (location) Poltavka (location) Nykonorivka (location) Rodynske (location) Chervonyi Lyman (location) Novoekonomichne (location) Sukhietske (location) Lysivka (location) Zvirove (location) Kotlyne (location) Udachne (location) Orikhove (location) Voskresenka (location) Sichneve (location) Vorone (location) Ternove (location) Novohryhorivka (location) Siversk (location) Russian forces (organization) Third Army Corps (military_unit) Vadym Filashkin (person)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian forces took an underage girl hostage to use her as a human shield after murdering her parents in a front-line village in eastern Ukraine

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

On Sept. 24, 2025 Ukrainian forces documented an atrocity in Shandryholove, Donetsk Oblast. A civilian family was killed, and their child was taken to be used as a human shield.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Drone footage and intercepted communications captured the cold reality of the event, including the command 'vsekh v raskhod' – an industrial-age military slang meaning 'put everyone to the waste,' or summary execution.

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Over the past day, control over 1.3 km² has been restored, and the enemy has been searched for and destroyed in an area of 2.1 km² in the Pokrovsk district of Donetsk region.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:26:55.459Z

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