Russian invasion|The authorities of the occupied territory released a picture of the Ukrainian attack on the occupied city of Donetsk. Pro-Ukraine supporters claim that the attack targeted the headquarters of the intelligence service.
Russian and the city center of Donetsk, which has been under the control of separatists it supports for ten years, was shelled on Wednesday morning, according to local sources. The mayor of the city, appointed by Russia, told about it Alexei Kulemzin on his Telegram channel a little after ten o’clock in the morning.
Russian state-owned news agency A cup a correspondent reported a little later that air raid sirens were sounding in the city. According to Tassi, an air raid alert has never been issued in the city before “during the conflict”. Anti-aircraft fired at targets.
Telegram channel of the next Russian Astra smoke rose from the city center.
Wednesday is Russia’s national day.
More information there is little about the event. For example, Tass or the Russian newspaper Izvestija have not reported more than a short announcement about the morning’s events.
Kulemzin’s Telegram also focuses on celebrating the Russian National Day.
At one time, additional information was still offered about the morning attacks in the Petrovsky district. One woman was allegedly injured after Ukrainian artillery struck the area, and two men were injured after a drone dropped an explosive on a “passenger car”.
Petrovskyi was practically the front line for a long time. The fighting is still going on just a few kilometers away in the small town of Krasnohorivka. Petrovskyi is practically the rear area of the front. Still, it has not been evacuated.
Civilian casualties used to reinforce Russian propaganda narratives. The mistreatment of the Russian minority is one of the Russian administration’s justifications for its war in Ukraine.
Russia has previously claimed that Ukraine attacked Donetsk with artillery.
In January of this year, the leader of the so-called “People’s Republic” of Donetsk Denis Pushil told 27 people killed and 25 injured under artillery fire in the city. Pušilin claimed that Ukrainian forces were behind the attack and declared the next day a day of mourning.
Mayor Kulemzin said that the attack hit a crowded area with many shops. In the photos taken by a Reuters reporter, bodies are lying in the market. It is difficult to verify the numbers given by the occupation administration. Kulemzin also repeated the claims about the Ukrainian attack.
Ukraine’s southern military group denied the claims of Russia and its backers.
On the same day, the Ukrainian governor of the Donetsk region said that Russian strikes had killed at least two civilians in Ukrainian-held areas. He urged all Ukrainians living in the Donetsk region to evacuate.
Pro-Russian the administration has made claims about Ukrainian strikes on occupied Donetsk already for a decade.
In part of its news about Donetsk and Luhansk, Reuters reminds us that it is reporting from the territory occupied by Russia is limited by law.
Although the mayor of Donetsk published a picture of a cloud of smoke rising over the city in the morning, this time the Russian media has not reported on the civilians killed or wounded in Ukraine.
There may be a reason for that: Pro-Ukraine Telegram channels claim that the attack targeted the headquarters of the Russian intelligence service in the city. However, even this claim could not be verified.
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