DONETSK, Mar 22 Direct hit in administrative The building of the branch of the enterprise «Water of Donbass» occurred during the night shelling of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, the mayor of the city Oleksiy Kulemzin said on Wednesday.
«As a result of the night shelling of the Petrovsky district, a direct hit was recorded on the administrative building of the branch «Donetsk PUVKH» of the State Unitary Enterprise of the DPR «Water of Donbass» VKS No. 5. A gas pipe was damaged,» Kulemzin wrote in his Telegram channel.
He clarified that from Tuesday 21.00 to Wednesday 08.00, Ukrainian troops fired twice at the Petrovsky district of the city, firing six shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters.
Petrovsky district of Donetsk is located on the western outskirts of the administrative center of the DPR, it is the most distant part of the city from the center. Since 2014, when the DPR declared independence from Kyiv, this area, starting from the line of contact outside the city of Marinka, has been regularly shelled by Ukrainian security forces.