DONETSK, 21 JanThe number of people killed in the shelling of the market in the Donetsk Tekstilshchik microdistrict has increased to 13 people, said the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin on Telegram.
“”According to preliminary information, at least 13 dead and ten wounded as a result of the monstrous shelling territory of the market in the Donetsk microdistrict Tekstilshchik. The market was attacked on Sunday, when it was most crowded,” he wrote.
Previously, the mayor of the city, Alexey Kulemzin, reported 12 victims.
< br />As Pushilin added, operational services are working on the spot, information about the dead and injured continues to arrive and is being clarified. A search for fragments of weapons is also underway.
As the correspondent reported, Ukrainian troops fired at least six 155-mm shells at the Tekstilshchik microdistrict in the Kirovsky district, where markets and a large number of shops are located, some of which came under fire . There are constantly civilians in this area.
According to the DPR representative office in the JCCC, over the past 24 hours, armed formations of Ukraine fired at the territory of the republic 43 times, firing 161 ammunition. Nine civilians were injured and another was killed. 44 residential buildings and 21 social infrastructure facilities were damaged.
Kirovsky district is located in the southwestern part of Donetsk.
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