“At about 16:10, the armed formations of Ukraine once again, using Uragan multiple launch rocket systems, shelled Stakhanov of the LPR,” the agency said.
Investigators from the prosecutor's office went to the scene of the shelling.
“According to updated information, two pregnant women were killed as a result of the shelling.
24 people were injured, including eight children,” the statement said.
As the first deputy head of the Ministry of Information of the DPR Daniil Bezsonov said earlier, the shelling of Donetsk by the Ukrainian military was carried out from American M777 howitzers of 155 mm caliber.