Russia says at least 25 killed in blast at Donetsk market
At least 25 people have been killed and 20 others injured after a market on the outskirts of the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk was shelled, local authorities said.
Denis Pushilin, head of the Russian-installed authorities in Donetsk said the strike on the suburb of Tekstilshchik, had been fired by the Ukrainian military.
Pushilin said that the area had been hit by 155mm calibre and 152mm calibre artillery and that the shells had been fired from the direction of Kurakhove and Krasnohorivka to the west.
“These terrorist attacks by the Kyiv regime clearly demonstrate its lack of political will towards achieving peace and the settlement of this conflict by diplomatic means,” Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.
Al Jazeera’s Fintan Monaghan reports.
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