The attack targeted a busy market in the capital of Russiaβs Donetsk Peopleβs Republic, the head of the city said
At least 25 people have been killed and 20 others wounded in a shelling of Donetsk by Ukrainian forces, Aleksey Kulemzin, mayor of the capital of Donetsk Peopleβs Republic, has said.
The attack hit a busy market in the Kirovsky District, in the south-western part of the city, Kulemzin wrote on Telegram.
The mayor decried the shelling as βanother dark day in the history of the city.β Ukrainian forces had βwickedlyβ decided to wreak death and destruction on the civilians of Donetsk to avenge the failures theyβve suffered on the battlefield, he wrote.
The Russian Foreign Ministry published a statement on Ukraine’s shelling of Donetsk, calling it βa barbaric terrorist act against the civilian population of Russia.”
Russia urges international organizations and national governments to condemn Ukrainian attacks on Donetsk and stresses that any βsilence will mean unspoken approval of the massacre of civilians.β
The Foreign Ministry added: βKiev’s terrorist attacks clearly demonstrate its lack of political will to reach a peace settlement through diplomatic means.β
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