Russian forces hit the village of Cherkaske in Kramatorsk district, Donetsk region, with a Smerch multiple rocket launcher today, 12 October, at 11:15 am. Three civilians were killed, including a 13-year-old girl, and four were wounded, the Donetsk regional prosecutor's office said.

The rocket struck a private house in a residential area of private homes. The house was completely destroyed.

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The dead were members of one family: a 36-year-old woman, a 62-year-old grandmother and her granddaughter.

Three men and the 18-year-old son of the woman who was killed were wounded.

Russia has been waging a full-scale war against Ukraine since February 2022.