At least 13 people were killed and ten others injured this Sunday in a Ukrainian strike on a market in Donetsk, a large city in eastern Ukraine under Moscow control, the head of the Russian occupation of the region announced , Denis Pushilin.
“At least 13 people were killed and ten injured following a terrible bombing on a market in the Textilshchik district of Donetsk,” he said on Telegram.
A previous report from the pro-Russian authorities reported 12 deaths, without providing information on the injured.
“The market was attacked on Sunday, when it is busiest,” he criticized.
“Operational services are working on the site, information on the dead and injured continues to be received and verified,” he detailed in his press release.
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The official had reported eight deaths in a previous report.
The information “is being established”, he previously specified in a brief press release.
Donetsk, a large city in eastern Ukraine, came under the control of pro-Russian separatists led by Moscow in 2014 and has since been regularly bombed by the Ukrainian army.
Capture of a village by Russia
It is approximately 20 km from the front line.
During New Year's Eve, four people were killed in Donetsk and 13 others injured, including journalists, according to regional authorities installed by Moscow.
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At the same time, Russia claimed the capture of a small town in eastern Ukraine.
“The village of Krakhmalnoye in the Kharkiv region was liberated thanks to the successful active operations carried out by the units of the
Western
group of troops in the Kupiansk zone,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in its daily bulletin of operations in Ukraine.