Donetsk Governor Vadim Filashkin accused Moscow of committing ‘another targeted war crime’.
Published on February 4, 2026
Russian forces have opened fire on the eastern Ukrainian city of Druzhkivka, killing at least seven people in a crowded market, according to the regional governor.
Donetsk Governor Vadim Filashkin said the attack was carried out using cluster munitions during the normally busy time of Wednesday morning.
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Apart from the seven killed, 15 others were injured, he said. The oldest victim was 81 years old.
Separately, Russian forces dropped two aerial bombs on the city, which Russian forces tried to capture, damaging several houses and buildings, Filashkin said.
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“This is another targeted war crime and further proof that all Russian statements about ‘war’ are meaningless,” Filashkin said.
Elsewhere, Russian strikes hammered the central Dnipropetrovsk region, killing a 68-year-old woman and a 38-year-old man in a residential area, as well as damaging about 20 residential buildings in the southern city of Odessa, according to local officials.
On the ground, Russia’s military has claimed that its forces have captured the settlements of Staroukrenka and Stepanivka in eastern Ukraine. Slow, bloody advance Moscow thinks it can increase its position in the negotiations.
European Commission spokeswoman Anita Hipper accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of abusing negotiations in the United Arab Emirates by continuing attacks on Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure.
“Putin could end this war right now. He shows no signs of wanting to. He constantly abuses ceasefire talks to attack civilian infrastructure and kill innocent people,” Hipper said.
As Russia hopes it can outmaneuver and outflank Kiev’s stretched military, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is pressing his Western backers to increase their own arms supplies and exert economic and political pressure on the Kremlin to halt its offensive.