The DPR representative office in the JCCC reported earlier that the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired three rockets from the MLRS in the Kalininsky district of Donetsk, as a result of which, among other things, the building of the shopping center and the minibus were damaged.

“At the moment, there are reports that two people were killed and four wounded as a result of this shelling,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

According to him, the building of the shopping center was almost completely destroyed, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and ambulances continue to work on the spot.

Baevsky added that the number of victims could increase.

Earlier, the mayor of Donetsk, Aleksey Kulemzin, said that Ukrainian shells hit a supermarket and a pharmacy during the shelling of the city.