Artillery fire has killed at least 27 people, according to local authorities in the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk. Meanwhile, Volodymyr Zelenskyy voiced hope in more future arms deliveries.
Denis Pushilin, the Russian-installed head of the Donetsk region, said that at least 27 people were killed and 25 more injured after Ukrainian forces shelled the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.
The toll was revised late Sunday to 27 people who were killed in attacks from the 25 that Pushilin stated earlier. Officials said the shells had been fired by the Ukrainian military and had hit a market area.
Pushilin described it as a "horrific" artillery strike on a civilian area, adding that another strike in a separate neighborhood in the city had also killed at least one person.
Ukrainian forces have not commented on the attack and DW could not independently verify the claims.
Both Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of a sharp escalation on civilian areas over the past two months. The frontlines of the war remain largely static.
Donetsk is one of the four partly-occupied regions of Ukraine that Russia unilaterally recognizes as a republic within its territory, a move many observers say violates international law.
Source: Dw
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