2025 Yarova attack

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2025 Yarova attack
Part of War crimes during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Destructions in Yarova after Russian attack, 2025-09-09 (80).jpg
Body bags in Yarova following the attack
Location Yarova, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
DateSeptember 9, 2025
10:40am
Attack type
Glide bomb
Deaths25
Injured19
PerpetratorFlag of Russia.svg Russia

On September 9, 2025, Russia launched a missile strike on Yarova, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine that killed 25 pensioners and injured 18 others.

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Background

Yarova is located in northern Donetsk Oblast, about 15 miles north of Sloviansk. It had been the site of several battles in early 2022 when it was a frontline village between Russian and Ukrainian troops, although following the 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive the village was liberated by Ukrainian forces. [1] In late August 2025, Russian forces ramped up attacks on Ukrainian cities, killing 23 people in Kyiv. [2]

Attack

The Russian missile strike hit the center of Yarova at 10:40am, while pensioners were lining up to receive their pensions from a mobile Ukrposhta van. [3] [4] The van had been parked under trees to avoid being targeted, and the local Ukrposhta head Igor Smelyansky said that they had been moving around the van and changing patterns to avoid targeting. [4] Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said that the bomb was a guided air bomb, and that someone had possibly given away the coordinates of the pensioners. [5]

Ukrainian emergency services said that 24 people had been killed, of whom 23 were elderly, and nineteen others were injured. [6] [3] By September 10, Donetsk Oblast governor Vadym Filashkin said that the death toll increased to 25 killed and 18 injured. [7]

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attack "brutally savage", and Ukrainian officials launched a war crime investigation. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "В Яровой Донецкой области подняли украинский флаг". РБК-Украина (in Russian). Retrieved 2025-09-11.
  2. ↑ "2 Weeks After Trump Talks, Russia Bombards Kyiv, Killing at Least 23". 2025-08-28. Retrieved 2025-09-11.
  3. 1 2 Novikov, -Illia; Novikov, Associated Press Illia; Press, Associated (2025-09-09). "Russian glide bomb attack in eastern Ukraine kills at least 24 people waiting to collect pensions". PBS News. Retrieved 2025-09-11.
  4. 1 2 Kottasová, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Lauren Kent, Ivana (2025-09-09). "Russian aerial bomb kills at least 25 civilians in rural Ukrainian village, government says". CNN. Retrieved 2025-09-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ "Russian air strike kills 24 in pension queue, Ukraine says". www.bbc.com. 2025-09-09. Retrieved 2025-09-11.
  6. 1 2 ""Brutally savage" Russian strike kills over 20 people in east Ukraine as pensions were handed out, Zelenskyy says - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2025-09-09. Retrieved 2025-09-11.
  7. ↑ "Russian attack on Yarovaya — 25 people killed — online.ua". news.online.ua. 2025-09-10. Retrieved 2025-09-11.
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