The representative office of the Joint Center for Monitoring and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime of the Donetsk People’s Republic reported that “16.13 (coincides with Moscow time) a projectile hit from the side (of the armed formations of Ukraine) was recorded in the Krasnogorovka residential area. – Donetsk (Kirov region): three 152-mm shells were fired.

The mayor of Donetsk, Aleksey Kolymzin, revealed serious bombings of the Voroshilovsky and Kalininsky districts in the city center. According to him, a direct hit was recorded on a residential building in the Voroshilovsky district, the area of ​​the Green Plaza shopping center was shelled, three people were killed and six injured.

Notably, on February 24, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, with Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasizing that the operation was aimed at “protecting people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.” The Russian Defense Ministry has repeatedly emphasized that the goal of the operation is the demilitarization of Ukraine and the liberation of the entire Donbass.