Three civilians have been killed and another five have been injured as a result of shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, over the past 24 hours, the city administration said on its Web site.
Gunfire has been heard in Donetsk and buildings and infrastructure have been damaged in the city over the past 24 hours, it said.
Fires broke out after artillery shells hit two buildings in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.
In a separate development, three shells crashed on the premises of the Gefest lathe plant. Shells also damaged a privately owned house and an apartment in a high-rise building without causing a fire.
The building of Vocational School No. 67 in the city’s Kyivsky district caught fire after it was hit by a projectile. Firefighters were unable to reach the scene because of gunfire.
A shell set a residential building in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk ablaze.
‘The situation was relatively quiet in Donetsk last night. Residents did not report any shelling in their districts. As of 09:30 a.m., the situation in the city remains tense in the absence of active hostilities,’ the Donetsk administration said.
