This was announced by the mayor of the city Ivan Prikhodko.

“As a result of armed aggression, an enemy shell exploded on the territory of the walking yard of the city psycho-neurological hospital,” he wrote on Telegram.

As a result of the incident, no one was injured.

Earlier, the acting head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that Russian forces in the Donetsk People's Republic are trying to move the line of contact away from major cities.

On January 9, the Russian Armed Forces liberated the Bakhmutskoye settlement in the Donetsk People's Republic.