Pushilin stressed that the Russian Armed Forces are doing everything possible to minimize shelling, but against the backdrop of an increase in the number of attacks, the republic is asking for an increase in modern air defense systems.

Putin noted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine purposefully strike at the residential areas of Donetsk.

Earlier it became known that the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross was damaged as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian troops of the Kalininsky district of Donetsk.