One person killed in artillery attack in central Donetsk - Donetsk authorities
A massive artillery attack carried out in Donetsk on Thursday morning has caused damage in the central part of the city and killed at least one person, Donetsk city council reported on its Web site.
"Shells fired from heavy weapons hit buildings № 72, 75 and 86 in Rosa Luxemburg Street and partially damaged a shop on the same street. There is currently no precise information on the victims and the scale of damage," the report says.
According to the city council, the glass windows of the dental section of the city's Central Clinical Hospital №1 were damaged in the attack. "One person was killed and two other people were wounded as a result of the attack. A brigade from the Ukrainian Emergency Situations Center in the Donetsk region has departed for the site," the report says.
A trolley bus depot in the city's Schorsa Street was damaged in the attack (shell fragments damaged some thirty trolley buses and broke windows in the enterprise's dormitory. An electrician was injured in the attack. He has been hospitalized.
According to the city council, two employees of the enterprise Zelenbud, who were mowing a lawn in the city's Panfilova Avenue, were injured in the attack.
The city council has reported, citing locals, that the situation remained troubled in Donetsk on Thursday afternoon and explosions are heard practically in all districts of the city.
