In the DPR, the shelling of Donetsk was connected with the offensive of the allied forces on Avdiivka and Maryinka

“The shelling intensified in Donetsk, this is true.

This is due to the attack on Avdiivka and Maryinka,” he told TASS.

He noted that now active artillery duels are taking place in this direction, aviation is working.

Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian military shelled the Petrovsky district of Donetsk in the Donetsk People's Republic, as a result of which a civilian was injured.