
AI-generated summary
The message comes in the context of the ongoing armed conflict between Ukraine and the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, which began in 2014 and escalated in 2022.
Brief retelling from RIA II
In the DPR over the past 24 hours, one civilian has died and two more were injured as a result of attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Due to attacks by the Ukrainian military in the DPR, three residential buildings and three civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged.
DONETSK, September 23 – RIA Novosti. One civilian was killed and two more were injured as a result of attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR over the past 24 hours, the department of the administration of the head and government of the republic for documenting war crimes of Ukraine reported.
“From 00.00 09.22.2026 to 00.00 09.23.2026, there were 19 cases of armed attacks by the UFU (armed formations of Ukraine - ed.). Information was received about the death of one and the injury of two civilians,” the department’s Telegram channel says.

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