On the morning of April 20, the DPR representative office in the JCCC reported the death of a civilian resident of Donetsk as a result of shelling by Ukrainian troops.

"On Romanian Street, 2, a woman born in 1968 died," the report said.

The mayor of Donetsk, Alexei Kulemzin, said that the woman died "from multiple wounds."

According to the JCCC, at 05:00 the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired four 155 mm NATO shells at the Kuibyshev district of Donetsk, and at 06:20 - five more shells of 155 mm caliber at the Petrovsky district of the city.

At the same time, over the past day, Ukrainian armed formations shelled the territory of the DPR 23 times, firing 108 ammunition from MLRS, 155 mm and 122 mm artillery.

As a result of the shelling, one person was injured - a resident of Shakhtersk. In addition, 16 residential buildings in Donetsk and Horlivka, as well as one civilian infrastructure facility, were damaged.

Artyomovsk

In the western quarters of Artyomovsk, fierce battles are being fought, during which the fighters of the Wagner PMC are moving on. This was reported to RIA Novosti by the acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.

"Fierce fighting continues there, but the Wagner PMC continues to move forward - both day and night," he said.

Pushilin also considers it expedient to restore the city.

The day before, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that Russian assault detachments liberated three more quarters in Artyomovsk - in the northwestern, central and southwestern parts of the city.

Also on the russian.rt.com "Airborne units blocked the city from the outskirts": the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the suppression of attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to counterattack in Artyomovsk

"Vostok"

In the Yuzhno-Donetsk direction, an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to launch an air strike on the advanced positions of the Vostok group was thwarted, said Alexander Gordeev, head of the group's press center.

According to him, the operator of the portable Igla air defense system of the Pacific Fleet Marine Corps shot down a Su-25 attack aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Vuhledar area.

Also near Ugledar, the Msta-B gun destroyed the mortar crew.

In addition, four Ukrainian servicemen were eliminated by mortar battery fire.

In addition, five militants and an armored car were destroyed in the area of the village of Novomikhailovka.

"South"

The head of the press center of the "South" group, Ivan Bigma, said that missile units hit the temporary deployment point of the 54th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Slavyansk region and destroyed the position of the enemy MLRS "Grad" in the area of Novoselovka Pervaya.

At the same time, in the Lysychansk direction, aviation of the Southern Military District destroyed a pontoon crossing on the Seversky Donets River near the settlement of Dronovka, as well as an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kamenka. At the same time, not far from Grigorovka, an artillery crew of D-30 howitzers of the artillery brigade of the 2nd Army Corps destroyed a warehouse of fuel and lubricants.

In addition, artillery attacked the points of temporary deployment and concentration of reserves of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Dzerzhinsk region, the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade in the Avdiivka area.

Zaporozhye region

The head of the Zaporozhye movement "We are together with Russia", Vladimir Rogov, believes that the Armed Forces of Ukraine may attempt to cross the Dnieper in the area of Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson region and Energodar in the Zaporozhye region.

"Zelensky is primarily waging a PR war, so he can throw anyone and in any quantity to the slaughter if he realizes that he will benefit from certain goodies from the West," he said in a conversation with RIA Novosti.

In his opinion, a possible attempt to cross the Dnieper will be suicide on the part of the Ukrainian military.

Earlier, the acting governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, said that the Ukrainian armed formations are preparing to cross the Dnieper River. At the same time, according to him, this operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is doomed to failure.