At least 25 people were killed and 20 injured in today's Ukrainian attack on a Donetsk market, the region's leader reported homonymous annexed by Russia in September 2022, the pro-Russian Denis Pushilin.
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“At this time we have confirmed information of 25 deaths. At least another 20 people were injured, including two children, both in a moderately serious condition,” Pushilin said in a statement released by his press office.
Previously, the mayor of the city, Alexei Kulemzin, He had reported on his Telegram channel 18 dead and 13 injureds, although he noted that the authorities were still receiving information about the consequences of the attack.
Pushilin had also previously put the victims of the attack at 13 dead and 10 wounded, which he described as “monstrous.” “An attack was delivered with artillery fire combined with 152 and 155 millimeter caliber projectiles,” he indicated.
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The market affected by the attack is located in the Tekstilshchik microdistrict, in the southwest of Donetsk, a city over which Ukraine lost control in 2014 and which is located a dozen kilometers from the front line, so it is within reach of Ukrainian artillery.
The attack on Donetsk comes at a time of intensifying fighting on the Ukrainian eastern front, where Russian troops made some progress last day, according to the 'think tank' American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
Russia assures that it takes the initiative of actions on all fronts, while Ukraine declares that it maintains an “active defense” that contains the advances of Moscow's troops.
EFE
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