A woman at the scene of shelling by Ukrainian Armed Forces in the center of Donetsk. Archival photoDONETSK, June 18 Intense Ukrainian shelling is going on in Donetsk, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports. The center of the city, in particular, was hit. One of the hits was recorded on Universitetskaya Street, near the Zvyozdochka cinema. «All this is terrible and scary»: brutal shelling of Donetsk
The current shelling turned out to be the heaviest for Donetsk since 2015.
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The current shelling turned out to be the heaviest for Donetsk since 2015.
Almost the entire city was shelled, but more all went to Proletarsky, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky and Kievsky districts.
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Almost the entire city was shelled, but Proletarsky, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky and Kievsky districts got the most.
AFU fired at the city using cannon and rocket artillery. Cluster munition hits were recorded.
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AFU fired at the city using cannon and rocket artillery. Hits of cluster munitions were recorded.
Dwelling houses, hospitals, gymnasiums, a nursery-kindergarten suffered from the strikes.
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Residential buildings, hospitals, gymnasiums, nursery gardens were damaged by the strikes.
< p>The shell hit the roof of the maternity hospital, the women in labor had to be evacuated to the basement.
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The shell hit the roof of the maternity hospital, women in labor had to be evacuated to the basement.
Reports of the 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 have caused extreme concern at the UN.
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 pull out the wounded.
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.
In total, as a result of the shelling of Donetsk, 69 housing constructions and 26 civilian objects were damaged. infrastructure.
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During the day, five residents of Donetsk were killed due to shelling, about 40 more were injured. the shelling killed five residents of Donetsk and injured about 40 more.
The shelling was a planned operation by Ukrainian forces to exterminate the civilian population, according to DPR spokesman Eduard Basurin.
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The shelling was a planned operation of the Ukrainian forces to destroy the civilian population, according to the official representative of the DPR, 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 Russia has "additional allied forces".
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After the shelling of Donetsk, the head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, requested "additional allied forces".< /p>
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The current shelling turned out to be the strongest for Donetsk since 2015.
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Almost the entire city was shelled, but Proletarsky, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky got the most and Kyiv districts.
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AFU fired at the city using cannon and rocket artillery. Hits of cluster munitions have been recorded.
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Dwelling houses, hospitals, gymnasiums, a nursery garden were damaged by the impacts.
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A shell hit the roof of a maternity hospital, women in labor had to be evacuated to the basement.< /p>
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Reports of the shelling of a maternity hospital in Donetsk caused extreme concern in the UN.
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Explosions were heard in a 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 were damaged.
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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 a 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 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 for "additional allied forces".
The intensity of the attack is evidenced by the fact that the interval between shots is about one to two minutes. According to the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 15 shells of the 155 mm caliber used by NATO in two districts of the capital of the DPR. On Monday, Donetsk came under the heaviest shelling since 2015. Ukraine shelled almost all districts of the city, primarily Proletarsky, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky and Kyiv. In this regard, the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said in an official appeal that the republic is asking Russia for «additional allied forces.» The mayor of Donetsk, Aleksey Kulemzin, called this shelling of the city by Ukrainian troops one of the fiercest in the eight years of the conflict. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» The armed forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. The main goal of the operation in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.