“Through the operational line of the DPR JCCC, preliminary information was received about the wounding of 19 civilians, including four children, as a result of the shelling of the VFU of the settlement.

Makeevka," the statement said. 

Five of the injured, including two children, are in critical condition.

As a result of shelling, several houses and infrastructure facilities were also damaged.

Earlier, the Ministry of Health of the DPR announced the death of five people during the shelling of Donetsk by the Ukrainian military.