“Investigators of the Investigative Committee of Russia, as part of the investigation of criminal cases, will give a legal assessment of the next facts of crimes by the armed formations of Ukraine against the civilian population of Donbass,” the agency said in a Telegram message.

Earlier, as a result of the shelling of the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a pensioner from the village of Ozeryanovka died.

Over the past day, seven civilians were killed in the DPR, 24 were injured during shelling by Ukrainian troops.

Also, one of the shells of the Armed Forces of Ukraine damaged the building of the Donetsk National University.