In his Telegram channel, he recommended not to leave the house without special need.

“Due to the fact that Ukrainian punishers are remotely mining residential areas of Donetsk with anti-personnel high-explosive mines “Petal”, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Donetsk People’s Republic recommends not to go out into the streets unnecessarily,” the mayor wrote.

Earlier, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire reported that in Donetsk a man was blown up by a mine "Petal" in the Kirovsky district of the city.