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Leninsky and Kyivsky districts of Donetsk were seriously damaged by artillery attacks last night, the press service for Donetsk City Council reported on July 29.

Emergency services have arrived to try and battle the fires. There is currently no information on casualties.

There is information that city infrastructure was damaged.

“Gas pipelines in the Kyivsky and Leninsky districts were damaged. In
Kyivsky district, a shell damaged a power line, which left four
substations without power. Fifty-four residential buildings are now
without power,” the press service reported.

Rails and railroad power lines were also damaged at major railway
stations Yasynovata, Avdiyivka, Horlivka, and Mykytivka and train
traffic has been temporarily suspended at the station Donetsk.

“The administration is taking measures to repair the infrastructure
and resume traffic as soon as possible,” the city council reported on
its website.