At least 13 civilians have lost their lives in a Ukrainian artillery strike on the city of Donetsk, local authorities have said.
Donetsk city administration chief Alexey Kulemzin took to Telegram on Monday, writing: “according to preliminary information, 13 civilians are dead as a result of a punitive strike on Baku Commissars square.”
The official added that the exact number of those injured in the attack is not yet known.
Local media, citing eyewitnesses, has said an artillery shell hit a bus stop.
Speaking to Russia’s Rossiya 24 news channel later in the day, Kulemzin said: “two children are among the dead,” adding that it’s not the first case of minors being killed by Ukrainian strikes in that district.
Poster Comment:
The Ukrainians are shelling a nuclear power plant. They are shelling civilians in Donetsk city and avoiding Russian soldiers in fortifies trenches outside the city. The DPR has orphanages for the children of people killed by Ukraine, either by shelling or assassination by the SBU. They managed to kill a very pretty teenage orphan when one of heir shells hit an orphanage. They did kill 8 people at a clinic.