“The farewell ceremony has passed,” the press service of the head of the DPR told TASS.

As the agency clarifies, the People's Militia of the DPR previously announced the postponement of the farewell ceremony due to shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Earlier, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the center of Donetsk on the day of farewell to DPR Colonel Olga Kachura.

The People's Militia of the Donetsk People's Republic told RT that the Ukrainian formations purposefully attacked the theater, where they said goodbye to Kachura.

According to preliminary data, as a result of the shelling of the center of Donetsk, five people were killed.