At 10:13 am today (Thursday), Ukraine began shelling central Donetsk. There were five powerful blasts in the space of ten minutes. The last explosion blew out my hotel’s ground-floor glass, including a sitting room – where journalists often congregate before and after going out to do field reporting – and the …
Read More »Five killed in Donetsk shelling – DPR
A drama theater in central Donetsk came under artillery fire on Thursday morning, resulting in at least five deaths, according to preliminary reports citing DPR officials. The building was hosting a funeral ceremony for a female militia commander. According to Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) officials, some 10 projectiles hit the …
Read More »More civilians maimed by Ukrainian landmines dropped on Donetsk – mayor
Two people were injured in Donetsk on Sunday as Ukrainian forces continued to bombard the capital of the Donbass republic with anti-personnel landmines, the city’s mayor, Alexey Kulemzin, has said. The small green butterfly-shaped PFM-1 mines, dubbed ‘petals’ in Russia, are usually launched by artillery or dropped from aircraft. The …
Read More »Ukraine bombards Donetsk with landmines – mayor
Ukrainian forces airdropped banned PFM-1 anti-personnel landmines on the capital of the Donetsk People’s Republic on Wednesday night, Mayor Aleksey Kulemzin said. The mayor wrote on his Telegram channel that mines were discovered on several streets in the northwestern part of the city. “A bomb squad and rescuers have been …
Read More »UK fighter appeals death sentence – Donetsk court
Shaun Pinner, a captured British citizen who had been fighting for the Ukrainian Army, has appealed his death sentence, the top court in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) told TASS on Wednesday. The court now has up to two months to review the verdict. According to TASS, Pinner’s locally appointed …
Read More »5 injured as Ukrainian ballistic missile intercepted over Donetsk – DPR
Five people have been injured in the town of Komsomolskoye in the southeast of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) in the wake of a Ukrainian missile strike that was intercepted by the local militias, the DPR territorial defense said on Saturday. Ukrainian troops fired a ballistic Tochka-U missile apparently targeting …
Read More »Russia condemns ‘barbaric’ shelling of Donetsk
Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has lashed out at Kiev after the authorities in Donetsk said indiscriminate strikes on the city by Ukrainian forces had left five civilians killed and almost 40 injured on Monday. “We’re seeing absolutely barbaric shelling of civilian facilities. They’re barbaric. In recent days, we’ve witnessed …
Read More »Three killed in Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk market – DPR
Ukrainian troops shelled the Mayski market in Donetsk on Monday, killing three people and injuring four, Donetsk People’s Republic officials have said. Yan Gagin, an adviser to the Donetsk government, told reporters that a woman and a child are among those killed. City officials also reported that a hospital and …
Read More »Brit sentenced to death in Donetsk issues a stark warning
Shaun Pinner, a British citizen who fought with the Ukrainian forces and was sentenced to death on Thursday by a court in Donetsk, has issued a stark warning for all foreigners who might be considering joining the fight against Russian troops: “Don’t get into a war you don’t really understand.” …
Read More »Videos of alleged Donetsk strike aftermath emerge online
Videos published on social media on Monday appear to show the damage inflicted by Ukrainian attacks on the capital of the Donetsk People’s Republic earlier in the day. Dozens of projectiles fell on the city, according to local officials and journalists on the ground, including RT’s correspondent. Authorities in Donetsk …
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