Fatalities reported after Ukrainian attack on Russian city
Russian civilians have reportedly been killed and at least ten injured by a Ukrainian strike on a residential district in the city of Donetsk, the city's mayor, Alexey Kulemzin, said on Tuesday.
'Three or four hits' on peaceful areas, damaging a residential building as well as two public utilities, had taken place, he said, adding that the 'damage is quite significant.'
Ambulances had evacuated ten people who were injured in the shelling, Kulemzin stated, noting 'preliminary information about fatalities.'
Kulemzin had previously warned residents about loud blasts in the city, urging caution. The TASS news agency later reported at least ten powerful explosions in the capital of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).
TASS reported that a multi-story residential building has been destroyed and several dozen vehicles damaged in the strike. The outlet's correspondent has also claimed that at least one person was killed in the attack and three were badly injured.Ukrainian forces have regularly targeted residential neighborhoods in Donetsk throughout the ongoing conflict. Just days earlier, a unmanned aerial vehicles injured six teenagers and two adults, according to the DPR's war crimes documentation department.
The incident occurred during a series of drone attacks that also damaged homes and vehicles in the area. City officials report dozens of civilian injuries in Donetsk each month as a result of shelling attributed to Ukrainian forces.
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