On the first day of the new year, police recorded 1,519 enemy strikes in Donetsk region. As a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed and two others were wounded.

This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

Eight populated areas came under fire. Seventeen civilian facilities were damaged.

“In Druzhkivka, Russians killed a civilian with an FPV drone strike and wounded another person. One wounded person was reported in Kostiantynivka, injured as a result of an enemy FPV drone strike”, — the statement said.

Russian forces also struck Sloviansk with two drones — Granat-4 and Geran-2. An apartment building, four private houses, and a café were damaged.

In addition, Russia dropped a KAB-250 bomb on Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka.