MOSCOW, January 22 The number of victims of the Ukrainian Armed Forces strike on the Donetsk market on Sunday increased to 26, the head of the republic Denis Pushilin said on the Rossiya 24 TV channel.< br />“
"Currently, as a result of the monstrous terrorist attack by the armed forces of Ukraine, 27 are killed and 26 are wounded. “Everyone is provided with the necessary assistance by the Republican Ministry of Health,” he said.
The day before, the head of the republic reported 27 dead and 25 injured, of whom 18 were hospitalized.
Pushilin also noted that the federal center is in touch with Donetsk hospitals.
“The methods do not change: the worse the enemy’s situation within the military confrontation, the more often they try to take it out on the civilian population. Non-humans. We see a dependence here in the sense that the enemy’s capabilities become fewer, and as soon as such an opportunity arises, they try to take revenge on the civilian population…» added the head of the republic.
According to him, during the shelling of Donetsk, Ukrainian troops also used cluster munitions.
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Pushilin noted that the Russian army is pushing the enemy away from the capital of the DPR, which is why the Ukrainian Armed Forces have less opportunity to use MLRS and similar weapon. But to strike Donetsk, Ukrainian troops use heavy weapons, the shells of which “still have the ability to fly into our territory.”
On the morning of January 21, Ukrainian troops attacked the Kirovsky district of Donetsk. The market area in the Tekstilshchik microdistrict came under artillery fire.
As Pushilin clarified, a combined strike from 152 and 155 millimeter caliber artillery was carried out on the block. In the DPR, January 22 was declared a day of mourning.