Daytime shelling of Donetsk led to the death of nine people, - City Council
Donetsk, August 20 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – In Donetsk, as a result of shelling on the afternoon of August 20, nine residents were killed and another 13 people were injured.
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“In the first half of the day there were shelling in the Petrovsky (Trudovskaya mine village) and Kievsky district (Poligraficheskaya street) of the city. Unfortunately, there are civilian casualties. 7 people died in the Petrovsky district, two in the Kievsky district, 13 people were injured of varying degrees of severity,” the city council said in a statement.
The mayor's office reported that at about 17:30 the Kiev district was again subjected to artillery shelling. On Kotsyubynskogo Street, house No. 72 was destroyed as a result of shelling, a fire broke out in house No. 69, and gas pipelines were also damaged. Firefighters and emergency crews of Donetskgorgaz PJSC have already arrived at the scene of the fire.
As Navigator reported, earlier high-pressure gas pipelines and electrical networks were damaged as a result of shelling.
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