A civilian was killed and 6 individuals have been wounded, together with a 12-year-old lady, following intense Ukrainian shelling in Donetsk, together with cluster munitions, a Russian-installed official within the japanese Ukrainian area stated on Saturday.
One civilian was killed in a district of town of Donetsk, whereas the six wounded individuals have been in Makiivka, which lies east of Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, the Russian-appointed head of the area, stated on his Telegram channel.
“In total, the enemy fired 127 rounds of ammunition at peaceful cities and regions in the republic,” Pushilin stated, referring to the Donetsk People’s Republic as Moscow calls the area it stated final yr it was annexing.
Pushilin stated cluster munitions have been among the many artillery used. Both sides have used cluster munitions in the midst of Russia’s 17-month-old invasion of Ukraine. Kyiv obtained cluster munitions from the United States final month and vowed to solely use them in opposition to concentrations of enemy troopers.
Reuters couldn’t independently confirm the data out of Donetsk, which had been partly managed by pro-Russian separatists since 2014.
Russia, which early final yr launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine that it calls a “special military operation,” says Ukrainian forces shell the Russian-controlled components of the Donetsk area each day.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
