A woman covers a window that was broken as a result of shelling by the Donetsk Armed Forces with plastic wrap. Archival photoDONETSK, June 16 Donetsk Mayor Aleksey Kulemzin announced shelling of the capital of the DPR, there are victims.
"The city center shuddered again from arrivals. The arrival was recorded at the address: Lagutenko Avenue, 13, near the Central Department Store of Donetsk. There are victims, three cars are damaged, the windows of local houses are damaged. The circumstances are being specified. Operational services are working on the spot", the official wrote in his Telegram channel.
In addition, one of the ammunition exploded in another part of the city on Uralskaya Street, near the 82nd school, damaging a private car, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. The owners were not there, no one was hurt. Also, on Keramicheskaya Street, a civilian was wounded by a fragmentation shell. Other parts of the rockets damaged the roadbed and the foundation of a residential building on Kirova Street. «All this is terrible and scary»: the brutal shelling of Donetsk
The current shelling was the heaviest for Donetsk since 2015.
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Almost the entire city was shelled, but Proletarsky, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky and Kievsky districts got the most.
Ukrainian Armed Forces fired on the city with the use of cannon and rocket artillery. Cluster munition hits recorded.
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The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the city with the use of cannon and rocket artillery. Cluster munition hits were recorded.
Dwelling houses, hospitals, gymnasiums, a nursery school were hit.
Dwelling houses, hospitals, gymnasiums, and a nursery garden were damaged by the impacts.
A shell hit the roof of a maternity hospital, women in labor had to be evacuated to the basement.
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The shell hit the roof of the maternity hospital, the women in labor had to be evacuated to the basement.
Reports of shelling of a maternity hospital in Donetsk caused extreme concern at the UN.
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Reports of shelling of a maternity hospital in Donetsk caused extreme concern in the UN.
Explosions thundered in the market in the Budyonnovsky district. "All this is terrible and scary", — said reporter Pavel Kukushkin, who happened to be their eyewitness and helped to pull out the wounded.
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There were explosions at a market in the Budennovsky district. "All this is terrible and scary", — said reporter Pavel Kukushkin, who happened to be their eyewitness and helped to pull out the wounded.
In total, as a result of the shelling of Donetsk, 69 housing constructions and 26 civilian objects were damaged. infrastructure.
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In total, as a result of the shelling of Donetsk, 69 housing constructions and 26 civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged.
During the day, five residents of Donetsk were killed due to shelling, about 40 more were injured.
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During the day, five residents of Donetsk were killed due to shelling, about 40 more were injured.
The shelling was planned operation of the Ukrainian forces to destroy the civilian population, according to the official representative of the DPR, Eduard Basurin.
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The shelling was a planned operation by Ukrainian forces to exterminate the civilian population, according to DPR spokesman Eduard Basurin.
The Kremlin called shelling in the Donbass by Ukraine barbaric.
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The Kremlin called the shelling in the Donbass by Ukraine barbaric.
After the shelling of Donetsk, the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, requested "additional allied forces"
After the shelling of Donetsk, the head of the DNR, Denis Pushilin, requested "additional allied forces" from Russia.
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The current shelling turned out to be the heaviest for Donetsk since 2015.
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Almost the entire city was shelled, but Proletarsky, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky and Kievsky districts got the most.
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The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the city with the use of cannon and rocket artillery. Hits of cluster munitions were recorded.
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Dwelling houses, hospitals, gymnasiums, a nursery-garden suffered from the impacts.
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The shell hit the roof of the maternity hospital at home, women in labor had to be evacuated to the basement.
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Reports of shelling of a maternity hospital in Donetsk caused extreme concern at the UN.
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There were explosions at the market in the Budyonnovsky district. "All this is terrible and scary", — said reporter Pavel Kukushkin, who happened to be their eyewitness and helped to pull out the wounded.
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In total, as a result of the shelling of Donetsk, 69 housing constructions and 26 civilian infrastructure facilities.
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During the day, five residents of Donetsk were killed due to shelling, about 40 more were injured.
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The shelling was planned operation of the Ukrainian forces to destroy the civilian population, according to the official representative of the DPR, Eduard Basurin.
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The Kremlin called the shelling in the Donbass by Ukraine barbaric.
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After the shelling of Donetsk, the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, asked Russia "additional allied forces".
< br>On Monday, Donetsk came under the heaviest shelling since 2015. Almost all districts of the city were under fire, primarily Proletarsky, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky and Kievsky. The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said in an official appeal that the republic had requested «additional allied forces» from Russia. Kulemzin called the shelling of the city by Ukrainian troops on Monday one of the most violent in the eight years of the conflict. Yury Ushakov, assistant to the Russian president for international affairs, called surprising the lack of reaction from the West to the numerous shellings by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. on the shelling of Donetsk, Russia has been conducting a military operation in Ukraine since February 24. As Vladimir Putin stated, its goal is “to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.” According to the Ministry of Defense, the Russian army has already completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The ministry called the liberation of Donbass the main goal of the operation.