16:39 12.09.2016

Some 174 civilians killed in Donetsk region since start of ATO

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Some 174 civilians killed in Donetsk region since start of ATO

Since the beginning of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) in Donetsk region the regional police registered more than 1,700 terrorist attacks against civilians.

Since the start of ATO, nearly 800 people have fallen victims to the attacks, 174 of them died, the communications department of the Donetsk region police reported on Saturday.

"For three years the Russian aggressor has been trying to destroy our land. This is what happened on January 13, when terrorists carried out a cynical shelling of the bus. We will do our best to bring to justice those who committed this murder. At present, the Donetsk region police, the National Guard, the Security Service of Ukraine and the Armed Forces of Ukraine are making every effort to prevent more deaths among civilians," the communications department quoted Deputy Chief of the National police department in Donetsk region Serhiy Matviychuk as saying.

On Saturday, a memorial sign opened near the village of Volnovakha, which commemorates the victims of a shelling attack on a regular bus carrying civilians, which was shelled from Grad multiple rocket systems on January 13, 2015. When a missile hit the bus, ten civilians were killed on the spot, two more people died from multiple shrapnel wounds in hospital, 18 people were injured.

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